MOREFUNC Add-In in Excel 2007 and Excel 2013

Morefunc Additional Block/Package Excel Functions

MOREFUNC Add-In for Excel (free add application - by author Laurent Longre) contains a set of user functions which enable certain calculations and additional formula that standard Excel versions and built-in features are not supported

Morefunc Add-In, implemented 65/66/67 useful functions in Excel. Morefunc Add-Ins works in Excel 97, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007. It also works in Excel 2010 and Excel 2013 but 32-bit versions only, this Add-Ins does not work on 64-bit versions of Excel. I wrote a functions 65/66/67. The application that I have contains 65 functions from the help files, and one that is not mentioned. If you want more information on the syntax then see "Help on this function" by clicking on help-link on dialog box function, or when you activate on Formulas Toolbar Tab in the group Morefunc.

How to install Morefunc Add-in on your computer

If you want use MOREFUNC Excel Add-In, you can download on your computer from this web.

1. Unzip the zip file to a folder
2. Run the file setup.exe (Run As Administrator for Win7 and Win8), follow the installation steps
3. Now you have the application installed Morefunc (C:/Program Files/Morefunc)
4. List of all Excel functions that contains MOREFUNC application

The table below refer to all additional features that are found within the application or package MOREFUNC additional Excel functions. Some of the most famous are INDIRECT.EXT, LASTROW, DATEDIFF, FORMULATEXT. List all function inside application MOREFUNC with them syntax, you can find in downloaded ZIP file.

Particularly interesting is the function INDIRECT.EXT (see end of this tutorial) working with closed workbooks unlike Excel INDIRECT function. In the 'Help window', you can see example of each MOREFUNC functions.

In the table below you can see all the Additional Excel Functions that contains the Morefunc Add-in.

DATE AND TIME	INFO
DATE.DIFF	Returns the elapsed time between two dates in years, months and days
EASTERDATE	Returns the Easter Sunday of a given year (serial number)
ISO.WEEKNUM	Returns the ISO-compliant week number of a date
INFORMATION	INFO
EVAL	Evaluates a formula or expression that is in the form of text and returns the result
FILENAME	Returns the name of the current workbook (file)
FORMULATEXT	Returns the formula of a cell
INDIRECT.EXT	Returns value or the contents of a cell or a range contained in a closed workbook
MRFVERSION	Returns MOREFUNC version number
PAGENUM	Returns the page number of a cell
SHEETNAME	Returns the name of a sheet in the current workbook
XLM.GET.CELL	Returns information about the formatting, location, or contents of a cell or a range
XLM.GET.DOCUMENT	Returns information about a sheet or the current workbook
XLM.GET.WORKBOOK	Returns information about the current workbook
XLM.GET.WORKSPACE	Returns information about the workspace
MATH_FUNCTION	INFO
CHBASE	Converts a value from one base into another base
GEOMEAN.EXT	Equivalent of the built-in function GEOMEAN (geometric mean) supporting calculations of higher capacity
HEX.AND	HEX.AND performs a bitwise conjunction on hexadecimal numbers (AND)
HEX.FORMAT	Formats an hexadecimal number
HEX.NEG	Inverts the sign of an hexadecimal number
HEX.NOT	Performs bitwise negation (NOT) on an hexadecimal number
HEX.OR	HEX.OR performs a bitwise disjunction on hexadecimal numbers (OR)
HEX.SUM	Returns the sum of hexadecimal numbers
MATRIXROUND	Returns an array of adjusted rounded numbers, eliminating "visual" sum errors
MDTERM.EXT	Returns the matrix determinant of an array (supports larger matrices than MDETERM)
MINVERSE.EXT	Inverts a square matrix - supports larger arrays than MINVERSE.
MMULT.EXT	Multiplies two matrixes. This function supports larger arrays than MMULT
MRAND	Returns an array of random integers without repetition
PN.ISPRIME	Returns TRUE if a number is a prime number (probabilistic method)
PN.NEXT	Returns the smallest prime number greater or equal to the given number
WEIGHTED.AVERAGE	Returns a weighted average
STATISTICS	INFO
COUNTDIFF	Counts the number of unique values in a range or an array
COUNTIF.3D	Same function as COUNTIF supporting 3D ranges
MMAX	Returns the N largest values in a table
MMIN	Returns the N smallest values in a table
STDEV.GROUPED	Estimates standard deviation based on a sample (grouped data)
STDEVP.GROUPED	Calculates standard deviation based on the entire population (grouped data)
VAR.GROUPED	Estimates population variance group classes
VARP.GROUPED	Calculates population variance group classes
TEXT	INFO
ANSI128	Removes accents from a string
MCONCAT	Concatenates all values/data in a range or table
NBTEXT	Converts a positive number into spelled-out text, in several languages
REGEX.COMP	Returns TRUE if a text contains a regular expression
REGEX.COUNT	Counts the matches of a regular expression in a string
REGEX.FIND	Returns the position (first character) of a substring matching a regular expression
REGEX.LEN	Returns the length of a substring matching a regular expression
REGEX.MID	Returns a substring matching the given regular expression
REGEX.SUBSTITUTE	Substitutes a new text for the substring matching a regular expression
TEXTREVERSE	Reverses the characters of a string
WMID	Extracts a word or a group of words from a text
WODRCOUNT	Returns the number of words in a text
AUTOMATIC SORTING	INFO
HSORT	"horizontal" sort (sorts the columns)
HSORT.IDX	Returns a sort index based on one or several keys, "horizontal" sort (sorts columns)
UNIQUEVALUES	Returns the unique items of a range or an array (stored in a one-column array)
VSORT	"vertical" sort (sorts the rows)
VSORT.IDX	Returns a sort index based on one or several keys, "vertical" sort (sorts the rows)
OTHER FUNCTIONS	INFO
ARRAY.FILTER	Stores only the visible cells of a range (for instance a filtered range) in an array and returns this array
ARRAY.JOIN	Joins various items (ranges, numbers, strings...) in a vertical array and returns this array. ARRAY.JOIN allows to pass union of ranges to several functions which don't support them
GETV	Allow to use temporary variables in worksheet formula, returns the value of a temporary variable
INTVECTOR	Returns a series (vector) of consecutive integers in the ascending order
LASTROW	Returns the last non-empty row (or cell) of a range consisting of one or more entire columns
RECALL	Returns the former contents of the caller cell (its contents before the last calculation)
SETV	Allow to use temporary variables in worksheet formula, assigns a value to a temporary variable
SHEETOFFSET	Returns a range that is a specified number of sheets from a range
THREED	Coerces a 3D range into a single array
UNION.OFFSET	Returns a reference to a range of adjacent or non-adjacent cells that is a specified number of rows and columns from an union of cells

 

Morefunc in Excel 2007

How to Install Morefunc in Excel 2007

If you use Excel 2007, after you install on your computer needs to add MOREFUNC Add-In in Excel 2007.

1. Start Excel 2007
2. Click the Office button
3. Click the Excel Options button
4. Select the Add-Ins in the left menu
5. Find Morefunc in the right part of the window and select it
6. Click on GO button

You will open a new dialog box on which you need to include the Add-In Morefunc. Click on OK button.

How to Enable Morefunc Application in Excel

Now you have an active Add-In application MOREFUNC on the Ribbon of Excel 2007. Click the 'Formulas tab' and you will see a group of Morefunc commands. Help for each function, syntax, you can see by clicking on the 'Help' command in this group. (see figure below)

Morefunc in Excel 2013

If you use Excel 2010 or Excel 2013, you can also use this application for additional functions in Excel.
Note! This MOREFUNC Add-in application does not compatible with 64-bit versions of Excel.

How to Install Morefunc Add-In in Excel 2013

1. To use Morefunc Add-In in Excel 2013, do the following. Close Excel 2013 and all of the workbook.
2. Using a program that works with files (Windows Explorer, Total Commander, etc.). Be sure to copy as Administrator if you are using Windows 7 or later.
3. Find the folder Morefunc on main partition of your operating system (C:\Program Files\Morefunc\).
4. Copy the three files in the folder where you installed Excel 2013 (Morefunc.xll, Morefunc11.xla, Morefunc12.xlam). Path to the Excel 2013 can be as C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\Library\. (In Excel 2010, the folder is "Office14"). (see picture below).

In the next step

1. Start Excel 2013
2. Click your mouse on File => Options
3. On the dialog box (see Figure below), select one of the following items related to Morefunc Add-In aplication.
4. Click on 'GO' button

How to Enable Morefunc in Excel 2013

In the next step to enable the application Morefunc, turn on all three items relating to MOREFUNC Excel application. Confirm the change, click on the 'OK' button.

MOREFUNC Add-In Applications on the Ribbon of Excel 2013

If necessary, close the Excel 2013, and re-run it. Click on 'Formulas tab', and you see a group of commands for MOREFUNC application. From the drop-down menu you can select additional functions which are placed in thematic groups.

Also note the picture above you on the ribbon appeared new tab ADD-INS. If you are bothered by his appearance, you can disable it. (see below tutorials)

How to Remove the Add-Ins Tab from Ribbon of Excel 2013

To turn OFF the add-ins tab of the ribbon, do the following

1. Right-click on the ribbon
2. On the pop-up menu, select "Customize Ribbon ..."

You will open a new dialog window named "Customize the Ribbon". In the right part of the window uncheck the Add-Ins tab. Changes confirm by click on the 'OK' button (see Figure below).

BTW: Application MOREFUNC, on this described way may work simultaneously on two versions of Excel (Excel 2007 and Excel 2013) that are installed on a single computer or one operating system such as Windows 7.

Here is Example Some Functions from MOREFUNC Application

Example INDIRECT.EXT function from Morefunc Application

Returns the value of a cell or range specified by its address (text string).

Unlike the Excel INDIRECT built-in function, INDIRECT.EXT function can also return the value of a cell whose workbook is closed.

SYNTAX :

=INDIRECT.EXT(Reference,Volatile,A1-Style)

• Reference (string) : Range reference (address or name) (see below)
• Volatile (boolean, optional) : if TRUE or omitted, the function is volatile. If FALSE, it is not volatile (hit Ctrl-Alt-F9 to update the results).
• A1-style (boolean, optional) : If TRUE or omitted, the address is interpreted as an A1-style reference, if FALSE it is interpreted as an R1C1-style reference.

RETURNED VALUE :

Contents of the cell or range. If this value can't be retrieved (for instance because the workbook or the sheet doesn't exist), it returns #VALUE!

REMARKS :

The Reference argument can be one of the following :

- Another range in the same workbook :

If the range is in the same workbook, the Reference argument should contain its address in the usual form, like "A1", "Sheet1!A1", "'Sheet 1'!A1" and so on.

- A range in another workbook (absolute path) :

The pattern of the Reference argument is : "'Drive:\Folder\[WorkbookName.xls]SheetName'!A1". Don't forget the quotes !

- A range in another workbook (relative path) :

If the workbook is in the same directory : "'[WorkbookName.xls]SheetName'!A1".

If it is in another directory, for instance the parent directory : "'..\[WorkbookName.xls]SheetName'!A1".

- A workbook-level name :

If RangeName is a workbook-level name (not sheet-level) : "'Path\WorkbookName.xls'!RangeName (don't put the name of the workbook in []).

If the Volatile argument is TRUE (or omitted), the returned values are automatically updated when the workbook is opened. Notice that the function takes about 0.005 second to get the value of a cell in a closed workbook (which is relatively slow for a worksheet function), therefore it should'nt be used in too many cells.

If Volatile = FALSE, the returned values are not automatically updated. If you want to update them, press Ctrl+Alt+F9.

The calculations speed is significantly improved if you use INDIRECT.EXT in an array formula instead of separate non-array formulae.

Get Data From Closed Workbook by INDIRECT.EXT function

EXAMPLES :

=INDIRECT.EXT("'C:\[My workbook.xls]Table 5'!E34,FALSE)

returns the value of the cell 'Table 5!E34' of the workbook "C:\My workbook.xls". This value is not automatically updated, unless you change the argument or press Ctrl-Alt-F9.

=INDIRECT.EXT("'C:\My Documents\[Workbook5.xls]Sheet1'!A9")

Returns the value of the cell Sheet1!A9 of the workbook "My Documents\Workbook5.xls". This value is automatically updated (volatile function).

=INDIRECT.EXT("'..\Temp\Test\[MyWorkbook.xls]Sheet1'!A1")
returns the value of cell Sheet1!A1 in the workbook "MyWorkbook.xls" located in the parent directory.

{=INDIRECT.EXT("'[Book2.xls]Sheet1'!A1:A10")}
returns the values (array) of the range Sheet1!A1:A10 in the workbook "Book2.xls" located in the same directory.

And at the end of this Excel tutorial, you can Download the ZIP file with the MOREFUNC Add-In application for Excel by clicking on the relevant link.