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The simple Excel function that decides if your formula spills or returns one value

For decades, Excel worked on a simple principle: you enter a formula into one cell, and it returns a single result into that ...
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How to fix the #SPILL! error in Microsoft Excel

There are two ways to fix this cause of the #SPILL! error. First, select the entire spill range (or at least the cell or ...
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Excel’s Ultimate FILTER Hack : Multiple Columns Multiple Values

What if you could take the chaos of a sprawling Excel spreadsheet and distill it into exactly the information you need—no fluff, no manual sifting, just precision? For anyone who’s ever wrestled with ...
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The Secret to Dynamic Excel Dashboards : Flexible Functions

Excel is one of those tools that we all know and use, but let’s be honest—most of us barely scratch the surface of its true potential. Sure, you’ve probably mastered the basics like SUM or AVERAGE, ...
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How to return the top or bottom n records without a filter or PivotTable in Excel

How to return the top or bottom n records without a filter or PivotTable in Excel Your email has been sent Returning the top or bottom n records of a data set in Excel isn’t difficult, and there are ...
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Excel filters: How to use number, text and date filters to extract only the data you need

Excel spreadsheet databases work because users can filter the data inside these workbooks. Filters are conditions you specify in databases and spreadsheets to extract only the precise, requested ...