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Excel's UNIQUE function can't skip columns—unless you use this trick

Nest CHOOSECOLS inside UNIQUE to extract non-adjacent columns, and use INDIRECT for interactive header dropdowns.
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How to pick a random name from a list in Excel

To pick a random name from an Excel table using a method that works across every version of Excel, this classic combination ...