If you decide to spill the results, you can then use the spilled range operator (#) to perform a calculation on the spilled range. Simply reference the first cell of the spilled range with a # ...

Excel functions, or formulas, lie at the heart of the application’s deep well of capabilities. Today we’ll tackle IF statements, a string of commands that determine whether a condition is met or not.

Over the last few months, I’ve written several articles about Excel’s newish dynamic array functions. In many cases, they can replace older, more complex expressions. The new functions do all that ...

Learn the difference between Excel COUNT and COUNTA, plus TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER tricks, so you clean text and totals with ...

What if you could write Excel formulas that practically think for themselves—automatically adjusting to changes in your data without endless tweaking? With the introduction of the dot operator and the ...

In Excel, Boolean logic (a fancy name for a simple condition that’s either true or false) is one way to sift specific data or results from a large spreadsheet. Granted, there are other ways to search ...

How to create a sorted unique list in an Excel spreadsheet Your email has been sent Microsoft 365's UNIQUE() function is a great reason to upgrade. Combine UNIQUE ...

You might be familiar with bookmarks in Microsoft Word, which are invisible way-points in specified locations of a document that you can jump to whenever you need to. Microsoft Excel's alternative to ...

Filters organize and prepare data for Excel reports and visualizations by selecting only relevant data for display. If you are working with a filter in an Excel worksheet, you can extend the range of ...

Microsoft Excel helps your business organize finances, including bills, taxes and customer invoices. In Excel, named ranges enable you to describe the formulas entered in cells. This makes it easier ...