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There are very, very few people on planet Earth who
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could ever say theyve completely mastered every
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worlds premiere spreadsheet application, and has been
the industry standard for over 20 years, replacing the 2. Learn to use Vlookup
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the 1980s. Microsoft Excels dominance as a
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Theres a reason for that. Excel is more than a brand 5. Merge multiple excel
everyone knows: it is powerful. It does just about les into a single
everything one could ask for in a spreadsheet. The spreadsheet VBA
current Excel 2013 version, available as part of a 6. 10 Top Excel
Microsoft 365 subscription and other methods, is Keyboard Shortcuts
PCMags Editors Choice spreadsheet. We found that it
is still far and away the most powerful, and now the
easiest-to-use, worksheet appits the rst and only
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There are much faster ways to select a dataset than Hindi Language
using the mouse and dragging the cursor. Click in the
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rst cell you want to select and hold down Ctrl+Shift,
get Cell Color and
then hit either the down arrow to get all the data in the Font Color along with
column below, up arrow to get all the data above, or left Lookup Value
or right arrow to get everything in the row (to the left or
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right, of course). Combine the directions, and you can
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right. Itll only select cells with data (even invisible data).
If you use Ctrl+Shift+End, the cursor will jump to the 4. How to Show Full
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between. So if the cursor is in the upper left cell (A1), Bar?
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2) AutoFill 6. How To Find Merged
This is a no brainer, but so easily overlooked. You start Cells In Excel
typing a series of repetitive things like dates (1/1/14,
1/2/14, 1/3/14, etc.) and you know youre in for a long Categories
day. Instead, begin the series and move the cursor on
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the screen to the lower right part of the last cellthe ll
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handle. When it turns into a plus sign (+), click and drag
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down to select all the cells you need to ll. Theyll
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magically ll in the pattern you started. Guess whatit
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Even betteryou can Auto Fill without much of a
pattern. Again, pick a cell or cells, move to the ll
handle, click, and drag. Youll get a menu of options. The
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more data you input at rst, the better the Fill Series
option will do creating your AutoFill options.
3) Flash Fill
New in the latest version of Excel is one of its best
features. Flash Fill will smartly ll a column based on
the pattern of data it sees in the rst column (it helps if
the top row is a unique header row). For example, if the
rst column is all phone numbers that are formatted
like 2125034111 and you want them to all look like
(212)-503-4111, start typing. By the second cell, Excel
should recognize the pattern and display what it thinks
you want. Just hit enter to use them. This works with
numbers, names, dates, etc. If the second cell doesnt
give you an accurate range, type some morethe
pattern might be hard to recognize. Then go to the Data
tab and click the Flash Fill button.
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4) Text to Columns
You can use Flash Fill to try this, but Text to Columns is
pretty brain dead simply and doesnt need much pattern
recognition. Say youve got a column full of names, rst
next to last, but you want two columns that break them
out. Select the data, then on the Data tab click Text to
Columns, then choose to separate them either
delimiters (based on spaces or commasgreat for CSV
data values) or by a xed width. The rest is like magic,
with extra options for certain numbers. Fixed width is
utilized when all the data is crammed into the rst
column, but separated by a xed number of spaces or
period
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For some reason, you may have to write the same thing
over and over again in cells in a worksheet. Thats
excruciating. Just click the entire set of cells, either by
dragging your cursor, or by holding the Ctrl key as you
click each one. Type it on the last cell, then hit
Ctrl+Enterand what you typed goes into each cell
selected.
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When you close the program, itll ask if you want to save
changes to the hidden workbook. When you go to open
the le, Excel gives you a blank workbookuntil you
click Unhide again.
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Excel is my Passion and VBA Love of Life. I like to solve and automate
any possible opportunity in Excel including in combination with O ce
Applications (Access, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, etc) and other
Non-O ce Applications (SAP, IE, Batch, Con guration Management
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Tools, etc). Note: All the solutions given here are published after
thoroughly tested to my knowledge, however it is advised to keep a
copy before you try it.
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