Category: Excel

XLOOKUP is a new flavored lookup function provided in OFFICE 365. XLOOKUP is very much advanced and versatile when compared with the previous versions of lookup functions like V LOOKUP, HLOOKUP or INDEX-MATCH etc. XLOOKUP lets us lookup in any column in the table whether it is to. What is XLOOKUP in Office 365? XLOOKUP […]

Excel changes some numbers or strings to dates to be “user-friendly” and ease the date entering process . However, Excel does so without actually asking you, and ironically, there is no option to turn this off. In this article, we’re going to show you how to stop Excel from changing numbers to dates. One way […]

Microsoft Excel, spreadsheet application launched in 1985 by the Microsoft Corporation. Excel is a popular spreadsheet system, which organizes data in columns and rows that can be manipulated through formulas that allow the software to perform mathematical functions on the data. This is what our research found. if we go back to the invention of […]

To interpolate data in Excel by using the GROWTH function, you may follow these steps: Insert the GROWTH function in any cell where you want the interpolated value for Y. Enter the cell range for known Y-values followed by a comma. Repeat the above step to input the cell range for known X-values. Now, enter […]

Microsoft Excel opens saved Excel file as blank workbook. Sometimes, when a user opens a saved workbook, it is blank. This issue is often caused when the Excel’s settings have been changed (usually inadvertently) to ignore external programs. This begs the question “When excel opens a new blank is displayed?” One frequent answer is, Another […]

Connect to an Excel workbook from Power Query Desktop To make the connection from Power Query Desktop: Browse for and select the Excel workbook you want to load. Then select Open. If the Excel workbook is online, use the Web connector to connect to the workbook. How do I access my power query online? Re: […]

The trick is to sort your table before using Remove duplicates. Excel always keeps the first data set of a duplicated row. All consecutive rows are removed. Set up a helper column and fill it with numerical values. Another popular inquiry is “What excel function removes duplicates?”. My chosen answer is use UNIQUE Function to […]

Periodically, you may encounter numbers in Excel that you can’t sum or use arithmetically. A common cause for this is numbers formatted as text. Often, reports exported from other programs, such as an accounting package, will be formatted as text or they might contain embedded spaces. Why are my Excel sums not working? The most […]

In this article, we are going to show you how to select a random Item from a list in Excel. Although Excel doesn’t have a built-in feature or function to return a random value from a list, the RAND and RANDBETWEEN functions can return a random generated number. Can excel pick random selections? Excel random […]

Creating a Table within Excel Open the Excel spreadsheet. Use your mouse to select the cells that contain the information for the table. Click the “Insert” tab > Locate the “Tables” group. A “Create Table” dialog box will open. If you have column headings, check the box “My table has headers”. Verify that the range […]