10 Tricks to Make Data Entry Easier in Microsoft Excel

Wouldn’t it be handy to enter data into Excel without typing it? What if entering repetitive content was just one click away? How about entering all the names of your coworkers without typing them in each time? The good news: These and other timesaving tricks are not only possible, but simple to set up in Excel. Here’s how.

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Advanced PivotTables: Combining Data from Multiple Sheets

When you want to create a PivotTable, what do you do if you have data in different worksheets? If you’re using Excel 2013, you have a streamlined method of doing this. There’s a technique called the Data Model, and it uses data relationships the way a database does. In this tutorial, I’ll show you everything […]

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How to Create a Gantt Chart in Excel

I like Excel. I use it daily. In companies and homes all over the world, people use Excel for everything – from a makeshift calculator to tracking massive projects. Given the software’s omnipresence, it’s no wonder so many people try to repurpose it for tasks that Excel was never meant to do. I’ll show you how to create an Excel Gantt chart.

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How to Remove Duplicate Rows in Excel

When you are working with spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel and accidentally copy rows, or if you are making a composite spreadsheet of several others, you will encounter duplicate rows which you need to delete. This can be a very mindless, repetitive, time consuming task, but there are several tricks that make it simpler.

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How to Create Advanced Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets

Looking to become an Excel power user? Excel has a number of features that will make it easier for you and your colleagues to enter data into your spreadsheets. If you’re developing a spreadsheet that you’ll use over and over again, inserting a spin button or scrollbar will allow you to choose from a predefined […]

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Work Faster in Microsoft Excel: 10 Secret Tricks

Excel puts lots of great tools on your desktop, but what each one of them does isn’t always obvious, especially since so many Excel features are hidden. Would you like to create multiple lines of text within a cell? There’s a keystroke for that. What if you want to reuse a chart’s formatting on another […]

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How to Use Flash Fill in Excel 2013

Excel 2013’s new Flash Fill feature anticipates your formatting and data requirements and accommodates them on the fly. Excel does so by learning and recognizing patterns and then uses its auto-complete functionality to finish the work you started. Flash Fill encounters, interprets, and responds – you don’t have to do a thing but understand what […]

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