With any software, the more you use it, the more hacks and shortcuts you discover, and never a truer word has been said when ...

VLOOKUP has been the go-to function for looking up data in Excel for years, but it comes with limitations. You can only search in the leftmost column and return values to the right. If your lookup ...

Have you ever opened an Excel file and felt a pang of unease? Rows upon rows of data, cryptic formulas sprawled across cells, and a tangle of manual formatting that seems one misstep away from chaos.

LYNDEN, Wash. — The Lynden School Board voted Thursday to table a proposal that would have created an annual “Charlie Kirk Day,” after concerns from both community members and board leadership. Board ...

A new COPILOT function in Excel lets you use AI in a formula. The new skill is now available to Microsoft 365 insiders. Reduces some of the complexity involved in creating formulas. Get more in-depth ...

Data wonks, rejoice! Pivot tables now automatically refresh themselves in a new beta version of Microsoft Excel. You might expect that pivot tables—which can be used to summarize rows and columns of ...

Look Up Tables (LUTs) have traditionally been used in cinematography to give a film a consistent look from scene to scene. Think of The Matrix and that green sheen that’s covers everything. LUTs are ...

A tool for crunching billions of rows and millions of columns of data is the stuff of nightmares for some. For London-based hedge fund Man Group, it was a dream. When the firm couldn’t find something ...

Restoring the drag-and-drop menu in your Excel Pivot Table is typically a quick fix. By using either right-click options or ribbon commands, you can easily access the field list again. If all else ...

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