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In this post I explain how to change to sentence case in Excel with formulas because there is not a native function for that. If you don’t know what “sentence case” means, look here.

In Excel, we have three specific functions to convert text from one case to another. Whereas there is another case for which we don’t have any function or any other option.

That’s ==> Sentence Case

You might be wondering: What sentence case is?

Well, in sentence case, for an entire sentence, the first letter of the first word should be in the capital case and rest of the letters of the first word and all the other words should be in lower case.

Something like this:

This is a sentence case

How can we convert a normal text to sentence case in Excel if we don’t have any particular function or option?

We can create a formula by combining other text functions.

So today, in this post, I’d like to share with you a simple formula which you can use to convert a normal case to sentence case in Excel.

Let’s get started and download this file from here to follow along.

Convert to Sentence Case in Excel

To create a formula for sentence case we need to use five different text functions. Let’s your text is in cell A1, then the formula will be:

=UPPER(LEFT(A1,1)) & LOWER(RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-1))

How it works

​To understand this formula, we need to split it into two parts.

Convert to sentence case in Excel

In the first part, the left function returns the first character of and then upper function converts it into upper case.

Convert to sentence case in Excel

In the second part, will convert rest of the text to lower case as we need rest of the letters in lower case for sentence case.

Convert to sentence case in Excel

And finally, this combination return the text in sentence case.

Convert to sentence case in Excel

Convert to Sentence Case for More than One Sentence

How to change to sentence case in Excel when you have more than one sentence in the cell? The formula we have learned above is simple and easy to apply. But do you have the same thought in your mind which I have right now?

What will we do if there is more that one sentence in a cell?

And you know, in this situation above formula is for nothing, we can’t use it.

We do need a different formula which can convert a text into the sentence case when we have more than one sentence.

Here’s the formula:

=SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(PROPER( SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(LOWER(A1),". ","9z9")," ","zxz")),"9Z9",". "), "Zxz", " "),"zxz"," ")

Convert to Sentence Case for More than One Sentence

How it works

So, you want to learn how this formula works? Right? Well, you need to hold your nerves and stay with me for a minute.

We need to split this formula into three different parts like I have done below.

In the first part, with lower function and two substitute functions, we have converted the text into lower case and replace all the spaces within words with “zxz” and space and dot between two sentences with “9z9”.

At this point, we don’t have any space in our text. So far so good.

In the second part, we have converted the entire text into the proper case using the proper function.

A secret you need to learn

Whenever you convert a text into a proper case and you have a number in that text, the function will treat that text separate words. Look at the below example.

In the third part, we have again used two substitute functions to replace “zxz” with a space and “9z9” with a dot and space.

In this way, we have converted our multiple sentence text into an actual sentence case text.

Sample File

Download your sample file from here called “How to change to sentence case in Excel” to follow along.

Conclusion

Hopefully, I explained how to change to sentence case in Excel with formulas because there is not a native function for that. Sometimes we use Excel to type some sort of text and there is probability to type it in the wrong case. And, if you know to convert a text into sentence case, you can correct your text easily. If you have a sentence where you have a question mark instead of a dot then you can use the question mark in the formula and rest of the formula will be same. I hope this formula tip will help you in your work.

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In this post I want to explain step by step how to create a positive/negative bar chart in Microsoft Excel. Another interesting post for Excel is here about how to highlight content.

If you want to show how multiple units does comparison to each other based on the same criteria clearly, you can use the positive negative bar chart which can display positive and negative development very good as below screenshot shown.

Table of contents

Arrange data

Create chart

Adjust chart

Positive/Negative bar chart in Excel Positive/Negative bar chart in Excel

Arrange data

Supposing the original data displayed as below:

Firstly, add some helper columns:

Calculate the difference between two columns (Column C and Column B). In cell D2, type this formula

=C2-B2

Drag fill handle down to calculate the differences.

Calculate the increase or decrease percentage. In cell E2, type this formula

=D2/B2

Drag fill handle down to fill cells with this formula

Then keep cells selected, click Home tab, and go to the Number group, choose Percent Style button to format the cells shown as percentage.

Calculate the positive value and negative value. In cell F2, type this formula

=IF(E2>0,E2,NA())

E2 is the percentage cell, drag fill handle down to fill the cells with this formula.

In Cell G2, type this formula

=IF(E2<0,E2,NA())

E2 is the percentage cell, drag fill handle down to fill the cells with this formula.

Now, select F2: G9, click Home > Percent Style to format these cells as percentages.

Create chart

Now create the positive negative bar chart based on the data.

Select a blank cell, and click Insert > Insert Column or Bar Chart > Clustered Bar

Right click at the blank chart, in the context menu, choose Select Data.

In the Select Data Source dialog, click Add button to open the Edit Series dialog. In the Series name textbox, choose the Percentage header, then in the Series values textbox, choose E2:E9 that contains increasing and decreasing percentages, click OK.

Back to the Select Data Source dialog, click Add to go to the Edit Series dialog again, select F1 as the series name, and F2:F9 as the series values. F2:F9 are the positive values, Click OK.

Again, Click Add in the Select Data Source dialog to go to the Edit Series dialog, select G1 as series name, G2:G9 as series values. Click OK.

Back to the Select Data Series dialog, click Edit button in the Horizontal (Category) Axis Labels section, and choose A2:A9 as the axis label names in the Axis Labels dialog, click OK > OK to finish the select data.

Now the chart is displayed as below:

Then select the blue series, which express the increasing and decreasing percentage values, click Delete to remove them.

Adjust chart

Then adjust the chart.

Right click at the axis labels, then choose Format Axis from context menu, and in the popped Format Axis pane, check Categories in reverse order checkbox in Axis Options section, and scroll down to the Labels section, choose Low from the drop-down list beside Label Position.

Remove gridlines and X (horizontal) axis.

Right click at one series to select Format Data Point from the context menu, and in the Format Data Point pane, adjust Series Overlap to 0%, Gap Width to 25%.

Right click at left series, and click Add Data Label > Add Data Labels. 

Remove the #N/A labels one by one.

Select the chart to show the Design tab, and under Design tab, click Add Chart Element > Gridlines > Primary Major Horizontal.

You can change the series color and add chart title as you need.

This normal way can create the positive negative bar chart, but it is troublesome and takes much time. For users who want to quickly and easily handle this job, you can try below method.

If you want the file to create a Positive/Negative bar chart in Excel, visit the download section.

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Microsoft teases its future of Office UI and design today, and it involves some big changes to the traditional ribbon interface. The software giant has been gradually improving Office with its Fluent Design system over the past couple of years — new royalty-free images, adding new icons, a dark mode, and overhauling the ribbon toolbar by making it smaller and easier to use. The next stage of Microsoft’s Office design sees the company focus even further on simplicity.

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“The next wave of Microsoft 365 UX changes will go even further by fading brand colors from app headers and exploring adaptive commanding,” explains Jon Friedman, corporate vice president of design and research at Microsoft. “This lets you move a simplified toolbar around the screen to wherever you find it most helpful, using progressive disclosure to contextually reveal commands.”

New Office’s ribbon

This adaptive commanding will see Office’s ribbon interface replaced with a toolbar that can be undocked to float nearby actions you’re taking in documents with contextual commands. Microsoft is currently exploring how this interface will work, but some of the design details the company is teasing today will roll out within a year or two, according to Friedman.

“Since its inception, the ribbon has been a signature experience bringing user intent and commanding together. It originated on the desktop, but as the world and people’s lives are entirely cross-platform and multi-device, we’re re-imagining what intent and context-aware commanding looks like in the future,” says Friedman in a statement. “Having your ribbon commands follow your actions and being context aware will reduce cognitive load and increase focus on the task at hand, whether you’re on your phone in the subway or your tablet on the sofa or your desktop.”

Why ribbons?

Microsoft originally introduced its ribbon interface into Office 2007, and the company is now ready to move beyond it. Microsoft has been gradually simplifying the ribbon across mobile and the web, but the new designs shared today are certainly a big step beyond the ribbon. Microsoft’s simplified Office interface puts a lot more focus on the actual content you’re creating, rather than the chrome.

Other changes include a simple app icon at the top of apps to indicate which Office app you’re using, and the centralized search or command bar taking the center stage. Microsoft has been emphasizing this search and command bar interface in Office in recent years, and it’s a feature that also exists in Microsoft Teams.

The future of Microsoft Excel

“We’ll be further advancing our seamless, cross-suite Search to bring relevant information right to your fingertips,” says Friedman. The goal of all of these changes is the idea of driving productivity gains by reducing unnecessary distractions and focusing attention on tasks. “Throughout, we’re grounding everything we build in deep research into the nuances of attention,” explains Friedman. “Some moments call for lengthy, sustained concentration. Others, such as many mobile scenarios, are optimal for micro-tasking. By designing for multiple cognitive states, focused experiences throughout the Microsoft 365 ecosystem minimize external distractions, lessen self-interruptions, and jumpstart flow.”

It’s not clear exactly when these changes will arrive in Office apps, the web, and elsewhere in Microsoft 365. “While some of these changes will roll out within a year or two, others are still very much exploratory,” says Friedman. Microsoft is also “conducting global studies” to better understand how work needs are changing during this pandemic, and to help the company design its software accordingly.

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