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7 Excel tools that are more useful than learning another formula (opens the original)
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Anyone who uses Excel is probably looking for something that makes their sheets simpler and easier to manage. Often, that means learning more efficient Excel formulas or catching up on newly released ones. However, I’ve learned you can save even more time by mastering features already built into Excel. Instead of constantly learning new formulas, you can take note of these tools and use them to save hours of scrolling, guessing, and double-checking. Whenever I’m working with very wide spreadshee
I ignored Excel’s What-If Analysis menu for years and I shouldn’t have (opens the original)
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Imagine you want to check how much you’d have to pay back at different interest rates and loan tenures. Chances are you’d manually swap the input numbers, duplicate tabs, or write really long formulas to check. Well, you don’t have to do that. Tucked away on the Data tab under the Forecast (or Data Tools) group is the menu you need: What-If Analysis. Instead of creating bloated workbooks with dozens of competing tabs, you can use Data Tables, Scenario Manager, and Goal Seek in Excel to change mu
I rebuilt the same Excel report every month for 3 years — Power Query turned it into one refresh button (opens the original)
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My work used to involve waiting for raw files, opening them one by one, copying the data, pasting it into a master sheet, fixing column names and formats, removing junk rows, combining all the necessary files, applying formulas, and refreshing charts. I did this every month for three years, without fail, to build the report we needed for our monthly review meeting. By creating an account, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You also agree to receive our newsletters; you can unsubsc
I stopped wasting time in Excel when I learned these 3 functions (opens the original)
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Most people think speed in Excel means memorizing hundreds of formulas and functions. I thought so, too, until I discovered that just three functions could replace the pile of formulas I used to juggle. By creating an account, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You also agree to receive our newsletters; you can unsubscribe any time. *Required: 8 chars, 1 capital letter, 1 number By creating an account, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You also agree to receive our
This forgotten Excel format made my giant spreadsheet half the size (opens the original)
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Working with huge Excel workbooks can be incredibly frustrating, especially when they become slow to open, save, and share with colleagues. After struggling to upload massive files to platforms like SharePoint or dealing with constant lag, you might even start to think that this is simply the price of working with large amounts of data. Well, it isn’t. By creating an account, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You also agree to receive our newsletters; you can unsubscribe any time
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