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Excel Formulas and Functions Quick Tips

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Overview

Want to get more out of Excel? Get bite-sized tips designed to help you master some of the program's most useful functions and formulas.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Calculate data with ease in Excel
1. Formula and Function Basics
  • Build a formula in a cell with =
  • Create a named range
  • Reference cells and worksheets
  • Join text with an ampersand
2. Common Excel Functions
  • Count cells that contain numbers with COUNT
  • Count nonblank cells with COUNTA
  • Return a number of occurrences with COUNTIF
  • Calculate a total with SUM
  • Sum values that meet specific criteria with SUMIF
  • Find the mean value with AVERAGE
  • Test for valid data with IF
  • Create complex tests with AND and OR
  • Format numbers and dates with TEXT
  • Extract characters with LEFT and RIGHT
  • Extract substrings with MID
  • Count characters with LEN
  • Identify where a character occurs with FIND
  • Remove leading spaces with TRIM
  • Join strings with delimiters with TEXTJOIN
  • Change text with SUBSTITUTE and REPLACE
  • Find record values with MAX, MIN, SMALL, and LARGE
  • Perform date calculations with TODAY
  • Retrieve a specific value with XLOOKUP
  • Use INDEX and MATCH to retrieve a value
  • Include IFERROR to trap errors in formulas
Conclusion
  • Learn more complex features of Excel

Taught by

Jess Stratton

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