Round to the Nearest Multiple Other Than 10

If you want to round a price to nearest nickel (multiple of 0.05), or a length to the nearest inch (multiple of 1/12), or a number of minutes to the nearest second (multiple of 1/60), you can use the following formula (where mult is the multiple to round to):

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Count only Text Entries in any Excel Range

Problem in Hand: We want to count only the text entries in the list under consideration. Meaning we want to ignore all possible entries under sun in an excel cell except “Text”. Image below will help you understand problem visually.

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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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How to create a dynamic chart

We all know that to make a chart we must specify a range of values as input. But what if our range is dynamic and keeps on growing or shrinking. Wouldn’t it be cool if the ranges were dynamic and charts get updated automatically when you add (or remove) rows?

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Excel Formula Errors & How To Deal With Them

Error messages can be especially bad if they show up on end-user worksheets like reports and dashboards. Fortunately, Excel has a way to catch errors like #VALUE!, #NUM!, and #REF! before they show up. Learn how to handle error messages in Excel here…

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