How to Quickly Unhide COLUMNS in Excel (A Simple Guide)

If you prefer written instruction instead, below is the tutorial. Hidden rows and columns can be quite irritating at times. Especially if someone else has hidden these and you forget to unhide it (or even worse, you don’t know how to unhide these). While I can’t do anything about the first issue, I can show …

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INDEX & MATCH Functions Combo in Excel (10 Easy Examples)

Three Way Lookup - Result using INDEX MATCH

Excel has a lot of functions – about 450+ of them. And many of these are simply awesome. The amount of work you can get done with a few formulas still surprises me (even after having used Excel for 10+ years). And among all these amazing functions, the INDEX MATCH functions combo stands out. I …

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How to Recover Unsaved Excel Files [All Options + Precautions]

Recover Unsaved Excel Files

Looking to recover unsaved Excel file, click here to jump to all the possible options you have to get the file back. Let me tell you the shortest horror story ever. Excel Crashed! Imagine working on that urgent report or that extremely important dashboard where you have done such a fantastic job. You are proud …

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How to Insert a Check Mark (Tick ✓) Symbol in Excel

Formatting of cells with check mark

Below is the written tutorial, in case you prefer reading over watching the video. In Excel, there are two kinds of tick marks (✓) that you can insert, a check mark and a checkbox. And no… these are not the same. Let me explain. Follow along with the example file Check Mark in Excel.xlsm Download …

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Excel AutoCorrect: A Complete Guide + Time Saving Examples

What happens when you type the word ‘Drnik’ instead of ‘Drink’ in Excel? You would notice that Excel will autocorrect that misspelled word to Drink (as shown below). Somehow, Excel knew that this is not the correct spelling and autocorrected it to the right one. Now, it won’t autocorrect all the misspelled words. Just a few! …

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6 Easy Ways to Insert the Delta Symbol (Δ) in Excel

Formula Bar - Delta Result

When it comes to inserting symbols in Excel, things can get a bit complicated. You either need to know the keyboard shortcut, or use the methods that are not very straightforward. And there are a lot of symbols that many people need to insert regularly, such as the degree symbol, cent symbol, delta symbol, etc. …

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8 Ways to Reduce Excel File Size (that actually work)

Reduce Excel File Size

Excel workbooks have been known to become painfully slow and heavy as more data/formulas/images are added to it. Sometimes, it’s easy to get rid of the extra flab and keep the excel file size in check, and sometimes, it isn’t. And since Excel is not a web-based tool, most of us work and collaborate by …

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How to Move Rows and Columns in Excel

Move Row to the Top

Sometimes when working with data in Excel, you may have a need to move rows and columns in the dataset. For example, in the below dataset, I want to quickly move the highlighted row to the top. Now, are you thinking of copying this row, inserting the copied row where you want it, and then …

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Search and Highlight Data Using Conditional Formatting

Watch Video – Search and Highlight Data Using Conditional Formatting If you work with large datasets, there can be a need to create a search functionality that allows you to quickly highlight cells/rows for the searched term. While there is no direct way to do this in Excel, you can create search functionality using Conditional …

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