Build Faster Excel Workflows Using FILTER, IFS, XLOOKUP, and LET for Real-World Data

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

I won the Microsoft Excel World Championship. Here's what every office worker should know about Excel.

Diarmuid Early won first place in the 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championship. He has some pointers for using Excel at work.

Save Time With Excel in 2026 : Stop Manual Updates and Refresh Budgets & Actuals Fast

Handle millions of rows by loading queries into Power Pivot, building relationships, and creating measures for fast variance ...
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How CPAs can use exponential smoothing in Excel for better forecasts

FORECAST.ETS applies an exponential triple smoothing (ETS) algorithm to create forecasts that can include trend and seasonal ...
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I used NotebookLM to learn about advanced Python tricks in Excel and I should have sooner

Ever since Microsoft introduced Python in Excel, I have treated it as a ‘someday’ project. I knew Python integration was the ...
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Microsoft to add AI-powered formula assistant to Excel

Microsoft is set to integrate Copilot directly into Microsoft Excel to assist users with formula creation, marking another step in the company's mission to embed artificial intelligence into the daily ...