{"id":1045,"date":"2022-10-17T00:03:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T04:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spreadsheet-day.com\/blog\/?p=1045"},"modified":"2023-10-01T15:15:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T19:15:34","slug":"happy-spreadsheet-day-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spreadsheet-day.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/17\/happy-spreadsheet-day-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Spreadsheet Day 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"d942c2121bfbd137a3b44056a000f09c\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Responsive Top -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9531091850463532\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"6574318169\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Happy Spreadsheet Day 2022 What will you do to celebrate today?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Lucky Celebration Year 13<\/h3>\n<p>The first Spreadsheet Day was on October 17, 2010, so this is Year 13 for our spreadsheet celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>Some people consider number 13 to be unlucky, but that isn&#8217;t a problem for spreadsheet users:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We use row 13 in our worksheets every day, without a second thought<\/li>\n<li>13 is a prime number, and prime means &#8220;Excel&#8221;-ent<\/li>\n<li>13 is also a Fibonacci number, and everybody loves those!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Those are just a few of the interesting things about 13, and you can read <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/13_(number)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more fascinating facts on its Wikipedia page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Fun With Fibonacci<\/h3>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for a fun activity for Spreadsheet Day, how about this?<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an Excel example that I made, to show the first 8 Fibonacci numbers, in a simple Excel sheet.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re more ambitious, and you&#8217;d like to plot a Fibonacci spiral in Excel, there are <a href=\"https:\/\/timwolverson.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/08\/plot-a-fibonacci-spiral-in-excel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">instructions and a sample file on Tim Wolverson&#8217;s blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spreadsheet-day.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/excelfibonaccinumbers01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"excelfibonaccinumbers01\" src=\"https:\/\/spreadsheet-day.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/excelfibonaccinumbers01_thumb.png\" alt=\"excelfibonaccinumbers01\" width=\"450\" height=\"254\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Tag Your Tweets<\/h3>\n<p>Have fun with your spreadsheets today, and if you tag your tweets with this hashtag:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>#spreadsheetday<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I can find your contributions, when I\u2019m doing the Spreadsheet Day roundup later.<\/p>\n<h3>Spreadsheet Day Video<\/h3>\n<p>A few weeks ago, I was asked to make a short promo video for Spreadsheet Day, so here it is!<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spreadsheet Day Celebration 2022\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/owdFK-LsE-c?feature=oembed&#038;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>How I Made the Video<\/h3>\n<p>First, I took a screen shot of a blank Excel workbook, and used that as a slide background in PowerPoint.<\/p>\n<p>Next, I added text and images, and animated those objects. When everything was ready, I exported the slide show as a video file.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I used <a href=\"https:\/\/clipchamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft&#8217;s ClipChamp program<\/a> to add a stock video clips, and some background music. 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