The simplest way to start documenting Excel formulas like a coder is by using the N () function. Although its primary job is to convert non-numeric values into numbers, it has a hidden quirk: because ...

The SCAN function lives in a single cell and spills the results down the column, ensuring my totals are always structurally ...

If you’ve ever doing an assignment for work or study that requires you to display information about a country, you could ...

A new COPILOT function in Excel lets you use AI in a formula. The new skill is now available to Microsoft 365 insiders. Reduces some of the complexity involved in creating formulas. Get more in-depth ...

Have you ever carefully crafted a formula in Excel, only to watch it unravel into chaos the moment you copy it across columns? It’s a maddening quirk of Excel tables—structured references that seem to ...

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We show you how to copy a formula in Excel without changing cell references, using mixed references and simple techniques to keep your formulas intact when moving or auto-filling. Microsoft Excel is a ...