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  • How to use Flash Fill

    What did we do before Excel offered Flash Fill? I can’t quite recall but I do remember it involved lots of Find, Left, Right and other formulas. Don’t know…

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    How to use Flash Fill
  • Conditional Formatting

    One of the simplest and most effective functions of Excel is Conditional Formatting. Data can become much more easily understood in a few clicks. What is conditional formatting? It’s…

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  • SEARCH or FIND in Excel?

    The =SEARCH and =FIND functionality in Excel may sound very similar, and they are. I use =SEARCH when I’m trying to find text regardless of case i.e. upper case…

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    SEARCH or FIND in Excel?
  • How to calculate Age from D.O.B in Excel

    There are a number of ways to use formulae to calculate a person’s Age from their Date of Birth (D.O.B.) in Excel but I just want to share my…

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    How to calculate Age from D.O.B in Excel
  • How to use Stock Data Types

    If you are looking to analyse stocks and shares in Excel then take a look at the Stock Data Type available in Excel 365. I wish this had existed…

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  • How To Use Data Validation and Criteria in Excel

    Do you want to know how to create dropdowns in Excel cells for users to select their input? Or forgotten how to do it? Then read on and I…

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  • Text To Columns

    The Text To Columns functionality in Excel is useful if you want to split a cell by a character within a cell. For example, in the data below we…

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  • Install the Analysis ToolPak

    The Analysis ToolPak is an Excel add-in that provides that provides data analysis tools to make developing complex models easier. The functionality is aimed at financial, statistical and engineering data practitioners. Users provide…

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