Monday 3 April 2017

Automatic Continuous Calculator

Have you ever used Excel as a calculator?

Chances are that your calculations are similar each time.
Eg inverse or Average or hypotenuse or inch-to-mm.

Merely by selecting cells, this calculator is continually producing all of my common queries.








An extended version includes an instant XY plot, which can be instantly erased.


It's a very fast way to view data relationships, especially to check data entry.

Single cell
Units conversions
Inverse
Square root & squared
0.7 & 1.414 converts a square side to/from diagonal length.



Two Cells
Cells don't have to be contiguous,
Ratio
Count
Min/Max
Average
Sum
Product
Difference
Hypotenuse



Multiple Cells



Extended Version with Chart
All the standard features plus a simple XY plot. Good for quickly checking relationships, eg data entry errors.

Selecting two columns,


produces this:

Right-clicking the mouse deletes the lines immediately.
Columns don't have to be adjacent

Download StatusBarCalculator.xlsm

Download StatusBarCalculator with XY Chart.xlsm

Notes
  • Start by running InitializeCustomStatusBar, or InitializeCustomStatusBarChart for the chart version. 
  • Number of cells is limited to 20000. To change, edit AppStatusBar1_SheetSelectionChange.
  • Charting is limited to 3000 points. To change, edit AppStatusBar2_SheetSelectionChange.
  • Chart is not dynamic, so good practice is right-clicking the mouse to erase it immediately. It is drawn using Line shapes, not a real chart.
  • The status bar parts are modifications of work originally presented on Daily Dose of Excel, thanks!
  • The charting and shape delete part was modified from Daily Dose of Excel

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