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Jeff Lenning

Excel How To Freeze Rows

By Jeff Lenning | June 6, 2023 |

When you scroll down an Excel worksheet, you may lose the ability to see the column labels. Not the Excel column labels like A and B … but the column headers of your data like ID and Amount. This can be annoying because depending on the data, you may lose track of which data is…

Excel How To Remove Duplicates (3 Easy Ways)

By Jeff Lenning | May 30, 2023 |

This post demonstrates how to remove duplicates from your Microsoft Excel worksheets. As with just about anything in Excel, there are multiple ways. I’ll show you 3 of the easiest and fastest ways to do it, specifically: the Remove Duplicates command, the UNIQUE function, and Power Query. Video Narrative We’ll just walk through each of…

How to Write Formulas in Excel

By Jeff Lenning | May 9, 2023 |

Are you looking to learn how to write Excel formulas? Formulas are the backbone of Excel and allow you to perform calculations, manipulate data, and automate repetitive tasks. This post will guide you through the basics of writing Excel formulas and provide examples to help you get started. Video Narrative Welcome to a tutorial on…

How to Filter in Excel

By Jeff Lenning | May 2, 2023 |

Hello there! Are you looking to learn how to filter in Excel? You’ve come to the right place! Filtering is an incredibly useful feature in Excel that allows you to quickly and easily sort through large amounts of data to find exactly what you’re looking for. In this article, we’ll explore: Let’s get to it!…

Excel and ChatGPT CalCPA Article

By Jeff Lenning | May 1, 2023 |

Have you ever encountered any of these common Excel situations where you need to: When you encounter these types of situations, what do you do? My guess is you probably start with a Google search, then follow several links to various blog posts and videos. Sometimes, they will provide you with the answers you are…

Excel IF Function (and multiple conditions)

By Jeff Lenning | April 25, 2023 |

Do you want to learn how to use Excel’s IF function, including how to consider multiple conditions? If yes, then you have come to the right place! The IF function is one of the most commonly used functions in Excel, and it is essential for data analysis and decision making. In this post, we’ll walk…

Excel SUMIF Function

By Jeff Lenning | April 18, 2023 |

In this post, we’re going to dive into one of the most useful techniques in Excel … conditional summing. We will discuss the SUMIF function, what it does, what its arguments are, and how it compares to SUMIFS, VLOOKUP, and COUNTIF. Video What the SUMIF Function Does So, what is SUMIF in Excel? SUMIF is…

Write Excel Formulas with Built-In AI (Not ChatGPT)

By Jeff Lenning | April 11, 2023 |

Today we’re going to be discussing how to use AI to write formulas in excel. This new capability is available now in Excel online, and may be available in other versions of Excel in the future. Video Note At the time of this post, this feature is available in some version of Excel Online, and…

Excel How To VLOOKUP Left (3 ways)

By Jeff Lenning | April 4, 2023 |

If you’ve used the VLOOKUP function before, you know that the lookup column is expected to be in the leftmost column within the range. Meaning, it’s going to look for a value in the leftmost column within the range and once it finds its match, it will shoot to the right to return the related…

Excel How To Get the Last Row and Column Value

By Jeff Lenning | March 28, 2023 |

In this blog post, we are going to learn how to use two Excel functions, TAKE and XLOOKUP, to retrieve data from the very last row of a table. Knowing how to use these two functions can be incredibly handy when you add a new data row every day, week, or month and want your…