Messy Excel formulas are more than just an eyesore—they're harder to maintain. Every repeated cell reference and tangled ...

When your spreadsheet has formulas piled on top of formulas, tracking and repairing errors would be agony if it weren’t for Excel’s Precedents and Dependents: cells that are referred to by a formula ...

Navigating the world of Excel can sometimes feel like trying to solve a puzzle with missing pieces. If you’ve ever found yourself wrestling with the XLOOKUP function, only to be met with a chaotic ...

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Have you ever stared at a tangled web of Excel formulas, wondering if there’s a better way to make sense of it all? For many, Excel’s LAMBDA function feels like a cryptic puzzle—powerful but ...

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 ...

Few things frustrate us more than the inability to crack an Excel task independently. We love formulas and conditional cells, but the best way to utilize these features isn’t always easy. Tap or click ...

What finally helped me break that cycle was learning to use named ranges in Excel not only as stable anchors but also as ...