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Excel Power Query isn't just for experts or big data—it's an everyday tool you should be using

Power Query replaces risky and time-consuming manual edits with a safe, user-friendly system that speeds up everyday ...
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Still Using VLOOKUP for Massive Excel Sheets? Power Pivot Can Make Your Reports Fly

What if I told you that the tools you’ve relied on for years, VLOOKUP and XLOOKUP, might actually be holding you back? Sure, they’ve been the go-to formulas for countless Excel users, but as datasets ...
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How to write Excel formulas using the Advanced Formula Environment (AFE)

Excel’s formula bar has limitations that make writing, debugging, and managing complex formulas challenging. A new tool, the Advanced Formula Environment (AFE), developed by Microsoft for Excel 2019 ...
TechRepublic

A super easy way to generate new records from multi-value columns using Excel Power Query

Have a complex Excel problem? Power Query to the rescue! Analyzing data often means spending more time getting and cleaning up data than analyzing it. If that describes you, definitely review Excel ...
Computerworld

How to use Excel formulas and functions

Formulas are powerful tools for performing calculations and analyzing data in Excel. In this beginner’s guide, you’ll learn how to use formulas (with or without help from the Copilot AI assistant) and ...
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6 Excel features I wish I'd learned years earlier

These overlooked Excel features simplify formula editing, data analysis, web imports, and managing information across ...