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Today, I’ll tackle a question I received recently about checkboxes. The question was essentially about how to add two values in Excel when a checkbox is checked. I’ll walk though the answer with you in this short post. Let’s jump right in! Video Step-by-Step Guide Exercise 1: Getting Started with Checkboxes To get started, we…
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Hello, Excel enthusiasts! Welcome to another tutorial where we dive into some of Excel’s most intriguing functions. Today, we’re exploring three fantastic Excel functions that can help you translate text, detect languages, and convert units of measurement right within your spreadsheet. These functions are TRANSLATE, DETECTLANGUAGE, and CONVERT. Let’s jump right in! Video Step-by-Step Guide…
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Hello and welcome to an exciting dive into the world of Regular Expressions (regex) in Excel! Today, we’re going to explore three powerful new functions in Excel: REGEXTEST, REGEXEXTRACT, and REGEXREPLACE. If you’re not familiar with regex, don’t worry—we’ll start from the basics and work our way up. Note: these are new functions and are…
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I recently received a question: “I have two columns of numbers and want one cell at the top to tell me if any values in column A exist in column B.” In this blog post, we’ll walk through how to accomplish this using some essential Excel functions. Video Objective The question asked how to write…
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In this post, we’ll learn how to format a range to automatically highlight any items found in a list. In other words, we will learn how to highlight transactions that have a status value that matches any of the status values in a specific list, such as Pending or Processing. This illustration uses status values,…
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Hello and welcome to this tutorial on how to use conditional formatting with a calculated value in Excel! Today, we’re going to dive into the following question: How do you conditionally format a cell when the condition is based on a calculated value? Let’s jump right in! Video Tutorial Let’s work through the concepts sequentially…
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Hello and welcome to our latest tutorial! Today we’re diving into a common Excel challenge: finding the last date in a column. This is especially useful if you add rows to your data regularly. Let’s explore three different exercises to solve this problem. Video Tutorial Exercise 1: Using the TAKE Function in a Table Step-by-Step…
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Today, we’re tackling the following question: How do you create a calendar that can show multiple events per day in Excel? We’re going to transform a simple table of events into a dynamic, graphical calendar. Let’s dive right in! Objective In summary, we have a list of events stored in a Table named Table1, like…
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This article will help you navigate the waters of common XLOOKUP errors and issues. We’ll first begin by identifying errors, issues, and unexpected results. Then we’ll talk about specific ways to avoid and address each one. I hope this article will help you be able to use this wonderful function more effectively in your workbooks!…
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I was recently asked the following question: “I have a drop-down with 25+ categories that determines the fee percentage. Can I use an IF function to compute the fee based on the selected category?” I answer this question in this post. Video Objective Let’s begin by understanding the objective and the question. There is an…
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