Excel Tips & Tutorials

Step-by-step Excel guides, formulas, and tips. New tutorials added regularly.

How to Insert / Delete Comments in Excel (including Shortcuts)

Click on Show all Notes to make all notes visible

Comments are quite useful when you want to add some information about a cell/data point without changing the content of the cell. I often use these when I am using formulas and I need to specify what a formula does and what a cell value means. If you’re collaborating with others, you can also add …

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How to Group Worksheets in Excel (Step-by-Step)

Data to add to all sheets by gouping them

When working with multiple worksheets in Excel, sometimes you may have a need to edit the same cell in all the worksheets (or apply certain formatting the same cell/range in all the sheets). You can easily group worksheets in Excel so that you can make the changes at one go (instead of going to each …

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How to Calculate Average Annual Growth Rate (AAGR) in Excel

Calculating Average Annual Growth Rate AAGR

With financial data, you would often see the use of two metrics – Average Annual Growth Rate (AAGR) and Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR). While there are some existing formulas in Excel that can help you calculate growth rates, for calculating AAGR and CAGR, you would need a little bit of workaround (nothing too complex …

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How to SUM Values Between Two Dates (using SUMIFS formula)

Formula to sum between dates using cell references

When you’re working with datasets that have dates, you would often find yourself trying to do calculations based on the dates. For example, if you have the sales data for a month, you may want to know the total sales that have happened between two given dates or the total sales made on weekends vs …

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How to Print Multiple Sheets (or All Sheets) in Excel in One Go

Click on Print

Excel gives you a lot of options when you’re trying to print your work. You can choose to print the entire worksheet, a specific area in the worksheet, print multiple sheets, or all sheets at one go. In this tutorial, I will show you how you can print multiple sheets in Excel at one go. …

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5 Ways to Insert New Columns in Excel (including Shortcut & VBA)

Right-click and then click on Insert

Adding or removing columns in Excel in a common task when you’re working with data in Excel. And just like every other thing in Excel, there are multiple ways to insert columns as well. You can insert one or more single columns (to the right/left of a selected one), multiple columns (adjacent or non-adjacent), or …

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How to Add Error Bars in Excel (Horizontal/Vertical/Custom)

Error Bars in a Column Chart in Excel

When you represent data in a chart, there can be cases when there is a level of variability with a data point. For example, you can not (with 100% certainty) predict the temperature of the next 10 days or the stock price of a company in the coming week. There will always be a level …

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How to Remove Line Breaks in Excel (3 Easy Ways)

formula to remove line breaks with comma and space in Excel

If you work with data that is imported from databases or salesforce, you’ve probably already dealt with line breaks. A line break is something that allows you to have multiple lines in the same cell in Excel. Below is an example of a name and address dataset wherein a single line, name and different parts …

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How to Turn On AutoSave in Excel (An Easy Guide)

Version history when using Autosave

While Excel has been continuously improved with each new version, there are still times when you may find it crashing once in a while (especially if you’re working with a large dataset). And sometimes, it could be a factor outside of Excel – such as a power failure or your system hanging because of an …

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