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How to Create a Searchable Database in Excel

For the most part, you're probably accustomed to using Microsoft Excel for tasks such as preparing reports, forecasts, and budgets. However, Excel is much more powerful than that. It can be used to ...
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These two Excel functions make stacking data from multiple sheets too easy

The VSTACK and HSTACK functions enable efficient data combination from multiple sheets while maintaining dynamic functionality. They're also quite easy to use with other functions if, for example, you ...
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How to Make Excel Data Horizontal

When you start fresh in Microsoft Excel, you have two options to enter data – horizontal and vertical. But after entering vertical or columnar data, it can lead to errors to try to retype or drag cell ...
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How to create Excel heatmaps to easily visualize large data sets

If you would like to display data in a more visually pleasing and easy to understand way. An Excel heatmap is a data visualization tool that uses color coding to represent different values in a range ...

Secret Excel Features That Turn Beginners Into Data Pros Overnight

Discover the 4 Excel features that are changing data management forever—PivotTables, Power Query, Excel Tables, and Dynamic ...
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How to create a drop-down list in Excel on Windows and Mac

Implementing a drop-down list in Excel is a quick and efficient way to choose predefined data. In the process, you’re able to save time compared to manually entering such data into a given spreadsheet ...
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Excel’s MAP function is genius

Excel's MAP function changes that. Instead of applying formulas one cell at a time, MAP processes entire ranges of data at ...
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Create Excel reports from multiple spreadsheets with Multi-file Pivot Tables

The Pivot Table is a tool that Excel uses to create custom reports from your spreadsheet databases. Once you select the portion of your spreadsheet that contains the target data, then define it as a ...
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Using Excel’s What-If Analysis with Data Table for data analysis

Q. You explained Excel’s Scenario Manager in your November 2024 Tech Q&A article and Goal Seek in your December 2024 Tech Q&A article. Can you please explain the final What-If Analysis tool: Data ...
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How to create a drop-down list in Excel to manage data and prevent mistakes

You can easily create a drop-down list in Excel to limit the values that can be entered in a column. This data validation helps prevent mistakes, such as misspellings. Drop-down lists are also useful ...
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Use Word to create a chart from existing Excel data

You don't need Microsoft Excel to chart data in an existing Excel file; you can simply import that data and chart it entirely in Microsoft Word. Follow these steps: The specified data will be plotted ...