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When creating Microsoft Excel formulas, you can generate calculations using specific values—also known as hard-coding—or referencing other cells in the workbook. In this guide, I'll explain why ...

The CHOOSECOLS formula is a catalyst when it comes to selecting specific columns from a table. This formula allows you to streamline your data analysis process by quickly and easily extracting the ...

Upgrade your spreadsheets with BYCOL to consolidate column logic, prevent manual errors, and build automated reporting dashboards.

Calculate the difference between two values in your Microsoft Excel worksheet. Excel provides one general formula that finds the difference between numbers, dates and times. It also provides some ...

Excel’s formula bar has limitations that make writing, debugging, and managing complex formulas challenging. A new tool, the Advanced Formula Environment (AFE), developed by Microsoft for Excel 2019 ...

Q. Is there a way to conditionally format Excel so that my formulas automatically display a different font color? In this example, we have now successfully applied conditional formatting to cell A1, ...

While Microsoft Excel is one of the most powerful spreadsheet applications, it’s also the most intimidating tool in the Microsoft Office suite. If you’ve never used Excel before or are just a bit ...

Windows may get all the attention, but when you want to get real work done, you turn to the applications that run on it. And if you use spreadsheets, that generally means Excel. Excel is, of course, ...

If you are looking to learn and understand the basics of Microsoft Excel, this tutorial will guide you through all the essential features you need to know. Excel is the premier application used by ...