How to Sum Across Multiple Sheets in Excel? (3D SUM Formula)

3D Sum value in summary sheet

If you need to get the sum across multiple worksheets, you can use one of the less-known Excel feature called 3D referencing. With 3D referencing, you can refer to the same cell in multiple worksheets, and can also use this in formulas such as the SUM or AVERAGE, or COUNT. In this short tutorial, I …

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How to Make a Yes/No Drop-Down in Excel? (Easy Ways)

Drop down shows up in the selected cell

If you want to fill a column with Yes or No answers, typing them by hand gets slow, and someone will eventually make a mistake and type “yes ” or “Y”. A Yes/No drop-down list fixes this. You simply pick Yes or No from the list, so there’s no room for misspelled words. In this …

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How to Show or Hide the Ribbon in Excel? (with Shortcuts)

Click on the ribbon display options icon

Excel ribbon is the area at the top of the worksheet that contains most of the frequently used commands. In the ribbon, we have different tabs (such as the ‘Home’ tab or the ‘Insert’ tab), and within each tab, we have the relevant commands. Most Excel users would find everything they need somewhere in the …

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Show Negative Numbers in Parentheses (Brackets) in Excel (Easy Ways)

Result with negative number in bracket with minus sign

When you’re preparing a profit or finance report, you might want negative numbers in parentheses, but Excel shows them with a minus sign by default. For example, if you type -182029, Excel shows -182029 even though your report needs (182029). There are a few ways to fix this: the built-in Format Cells option, Accounting format, …

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How to Customize the Ribbon in Excel (Step-by-Step)

Customize the Ribbon option

Excel ribbon was introduced in Excel 2007, which allowed users to access all the important tools and functionalities from one single place. Personally, I think the Excel ribbon was a huge improvement over the earlier menu option, as it made it more user-friendly for people to find useful options in one place. While it wasn’t …

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How to Remove Conditional Formatting in Excel (Shortcut + VBA)

Select the cells from which you want to remove conditional formatting

I love using Conditional Formatting in Excel. It allows me to quickly highlight and format cells based on specified conditions. While Conditional Formatting is great, it’s also volatile – which means that if you have a lot of conditional formatting rules applied to large data sets, it can slow down your Excel file. So, I …

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How to Edit Cells in Excel? (Shortcuts)

Select only part of the text

Cells are the building blocks of a worksheet in Excel. Most Excel users spend the majority of their time working with the cells in Excel – be it entering data or formulas or editing the already entered formulas/text. In this tutorial, I will cover everything you need to know about editing cells in Excel. While …

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How to Show Pivot Table Fields List? (Get Pivot Table Menu Back)

Pivot Table Fields Menu disappears

The Pivot Table feature is used by many Excel users – beginners as well advanced. One thing that often troubles new Pivot Table users is when they find that a Pivot Table Fields list (some people call this Pivot Table Fields menu) goes missing. You can’t do much with a Pivot table if you do …

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Move Pivot Table to Different Worksheet or Workbook (Easy Steps)

Click on Move Pivot Table Option

Pivot tables are very easy to create and even easier to move to some other worksheet or a new worksheet in the same Excel workbook. Many Excel users often end up creating multiple Pivot tables in the same worksheet, which is not a very organized way of doing things. But thanks to a readily available …

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