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Forget XLOOKUP: Why FILTER is better for extracting Excel data
The FILTER function extracts every matching record while XLOOKUP only returns the first result.
As Microsoft ramps up Copilot’s capabilities in Excel, the AI tool is becoming genuinely useful for spreadsheet work.
Discover 15 modern Excel functions for 2026, including Group By and Scan, so you speed up your workflows, summaries and ...
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Stop wrestling with text in Excel: These 8 tools are game-changers
Fix "fake" numbers, strip hidden web spaces, and join text professionally using Excel's built-in legacy and modern tools.
Excel's query tool reshapes messy imports into 1NF, so AVERAGEIFS replaces hacks and your summaries run faster.
Once data is loaded into Excel, Copilot allows users to ask questions in natural language instead of building new formulas.
Excel now supports IMPORTTEXT and IMPORTCSV functions that load external text and CSV files as dynamic arrays, making it easier to refresh and reuse frequently updated data inside a worksheet. The ...
Q: We receive documents in paper form, and I have to type information from them into our system. Is there an easier way to digitize this information into Excel? A: Excel allows you to extract data ...
Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program for businesses, learning institutions, individuals, data analysts, etc. However, some users have reported issues with Excel that need fixing. For instance, ...
If Excel is showing formulas instead of results on your Windows PC, check the cell format, turn off the 'Show Formulas' ...
Please note: This item is from our archives and was published in 2016. It is provided for historical reference. The content may be out of date and links may no longer function. Q. My client produces ...
Need to extract data from PDF files into a spreadsheet so you can analyze it? Find out how seven PDF to Excel conversion tools fared in head-to-head tests with increasingly complex data sources. In an ...
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