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Apr 25

How to export an Excel chart as a JPG, PNG, or GIF image file

By Blog, Video

If you’ve ever wondered how to export an Excel chart to a JPG, PNG, GIF, or other file format, the following two-minute video shows how, using a simple right-click over the image and selecting “Save As”. Note that if you don’t see the “Save As” option, select “Copy” instead. Then, open up Paint or any other image editor and paste the image, then save it as a JPG, PNG, GIF, etc.

Exporting images from Excel is useful for people who need to bring the image into other applications, such as:

  • WordPress or other blogging software
  • Email programs (Outlook, Gmail, etc.)
  • Word processors (Microsoft Word, Apple Pages, Google Docs, Scrivener, etc.)
  • 93
  • Photo software (iPhoto, Picasa, Flickr, etc.)
  • Presentation software (Microsoft PowerPoint, Google Presentations, etc.)

The narrator of the video is the author of “Excel Basics In 30 Minutes”, a guide that contains many more tips and how-to instructions that will get you up to speed with Excel in no time. Visit this page to see purchasing options for “Excel Basics In 30 Minutes”.

Mar 27

How To Convert CSV Files In Excel

By Blog, Video

If you work with data, you’ll eventually have to deal with CSV files. This short video explains what comma-separated value files are, and how to convert CSV files in Excel. Several examples containing text data (in the form of a list of first and last names, as well as a CSV download from a banking site) are shown being imported into Excel and flowed into the spreadsheet cells. The narrator is Ian Lamont, author of Excel Basics In 30 Minutes and other In 30 Minutes™ titles.

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Mar 23

How to convert .xlsx files to Google Sheets

By Blog, Video

In six minutes, learn how to convert .xlsx files to Google Sheets, a free online spreadsheet program that is part of the Google Drive office suite. If you have Excel 2010 or 2013, this is a way to get the files into Google Drive. The technique also works with .xls files in older versions of Microsoft Excel. Three examples are given, with step-by-step instructions of how to handle the conversion process. There are also some warnings about formatting problems which can occur when the Microsoft Excel documents are imported into Google Drive.

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The narrator of the video is the author of Excel Basics In 30 Minutes, which you can buy here for the Kindle, iPad, or Nook, or download as a PDF. There is also a paperback edition available.