How to do a Picture Lookup in Excel – A Step-by-step Guide

There are many lookup functions in Excel (such as VLOOKUP, LOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, XLOOKUP) that can go and fetch a value from a list. But you can’t look-up images using these formulas. For example. if I have a list of team names and their logos, and I want to look up the logo based on the …

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Using Conditional Formatting in Excel (The Ultimate Guide + Examples)

Conditional Formatting is one of the most simple yet powerful features in Excel Spreadsheets. As the name suggests, you can use conditional formatting in Excel when you want to highlight cells that meet a specified condition. It gives you the ability to quickly add a visual analysis layer over your data set. You can create …

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Excel Wildcard Characters – What are these and How to Best Use it

There are only 3 Excel wildcard characters (asterisk, question mark, and tilde) and a lot can be done using these. In this tutorial, I will show you four examples where these Excel wildcard characters are absolute lifesavers. Excel Wildcard Characters – An Introduction Wildcards are special characters that can take any place of any character (hence …

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How to use Fill Handle in Excel

Fill Handle is a feature in Excel that enables you to auto-complete a list in a row/column by simply dragging it using your mouse. A basic understanding of fill handle in Excel could save you some time and make you more productive. What’s this Fill Handle in Excel? ‘Fill Handle’ is a tool that you …

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How to Add Bullet Points in Excel (Shortcut + 7 More Ways)

You can easily add bullet points in a cell in Excel (Yes.. easily). Until I knew this trick, I used to put a dash (-) or arrow greater than (>>) at the beginning of the text, and that could sometimes be a pain. I always wondered why was Excel devoid of such basic functionality. But …

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How to Quickly Insert New Cells in Excel

There isn’t any trickery involved in this post. I just want to give you a quick and simple way to insert new cells in excel. First, let’s see the usual way of doing it. Suppose, you have a data set as shown below and you want to insert blank cells in C2:C4, in such a …

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Analyze Each Character in Excel using the Triad of Indirect(), Row() & Mid()

Today I am going to give you a powerful formula cocktail. The less-used INDIRECT() and ROW() function together with the MID() function can create a magnificent concoction. This triad enables you to get into the contents in a cell. and analyze each character separately. For example, suppose you have Excel123 in a cell, and you want …

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Creating a Searchable Drop Down list in Excel – Step by Step Guide

We all use Google as a part of our daily routine. One of its features is search suggestion, where Google acts smart and gives us a list of suggestions while we are typing. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a searchable drop-down list in Excel – i.e., a drop-down list that will show the matching …

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Highlight EVERY Other ROW in Excel (using Conditional Formatting)

Below is the complete written tutorial, in case you prefer reading over watching a video. Conditional Formatting in Excel can be a great ally in while working with spreadsheets. A trick as simple as the one to highlight every other row in Excel could immensely increase the readability of your data set. And it is as …

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