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You might be surprised how much time is lost flipping between Excel workbooks trying to find information – especially if you have a lot to sort through. Learning how to merge Excel files will make finding information easier, faster, and more user-friendly (especially if you’re sharing workbooks). While you can use VBA to combine files,…
Excel contains plenty of options that make it easy to format cell values exactly how you want them: as a number, date, currency, percentage, and so on. Often, an individual cell contains only one type of value. But, there are actually some really simple ways to combine date and time values in Excel into a…
For the purposes of this discussion, an Excel dynamic chart is a chart that automatically updates itself whenever new data rows are added. The opposite is a static chart, which won’t incorporate any new data rows added to the existing range. To be clear, when Excel creates a chart based on a range of cells,…
Are you a school administrator who wants to see how student test scores are distributed, or maybe an accountant who needs to analyze trends in spending or accounts receivable? If so, creating a frequency distribution in Excel is one of the easiest ways to do it! Essentially, frequency distributions come in handy whenever you need…
Long lists of data can be time-consuming to enter in Excel. Here’s how to use the Excel fill handle to save yourself hours of work!
Even if you’ve been using Excel for a while, you may find yourself Googling how to use or access certain features. For example, if you rarely need to convert units of measurement, you might forget the function that does that for you. We’ve put together a list of very common Excel questions that you can…
Keeping your records organized is essential whether you’re running a business or taking care of the household. These days, there are a ton of apps you can use to keep track of daily to-dos, but they just can’t quite compare to the customization abilities and advanced features of Excel. One of those features is the…
Do you use Excel frequently and find that you often have to repeat the same tasks over and over? If so, you can use Microsoft Excel macros to automate those tasks and cut down on how much time it takes to complete them! You can create a macro by recording your keystrokes and mouse clicks,…
A duplicate value is a value that shows up more than once in a spreadsheet. These pop up all the time when working with datasets, and they can be tedious to sort through if you don’t know the quick ways to find them. Learn how to highlight duplicates in Excel to make the process take…
Did you know you can find the interquartile range in Excel in only 4 steps? See how to make an easy chart that calculates any dataset’s IQR!