How to Connect “External Data” source to “Import” data into Excel

The main benefit of connecting to external data from Microsoft Excel is that you can periodically analyze this data in Excel without repeatedly copying the data, which is an operation that can be time-consuming and error-prone. After connecting to external data, you can also automatically refresh (or update) your Excel workbooks from the original data source whenever the data source is updated with new information.

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Formulas and Structured Data in Excel Tables

Structured references make it much easier and more intuitive to work with table data when you are using formulas that reference a table, either portions of a table or the entire table. They are especially useful because table data ranges often change, and the cell references for structured references adjust automatically. This minimizes the need to rewrite formulas as rows and columns are added and deleted in a table, or when external data is refreshed.

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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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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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20 Excel Tips for Becoming a Spreadsheet Pro

There are very, very few people on planet Earth who could ever say they’ve completely mastered every intricate little thing about Microsoft Excel. It’s the world’s premiere spreadsheet application, and has been the industry standard for over 20 years, replacing the once-venerable Lotus 1-2-3, the first killer app for PCs in the 1980s. Microsoft Excel’s […]

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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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10 reasons to use Excel Tables

Excel tables offer several advantages over data ranges. Here’s a look at some of the handy things tables enable you to do. Tables began as lists in the menu version of Excel, but they’ve become more powerful in the Ribbon versions. Converting a data range into a table extends functionality, which you can then use […]

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