"Excel" category
Case-sensitive SUMIF and SUMIFS in Excel and Google Sheets
The SUMIF and SUMIFS functions available in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets are case-insensitive by nature. To conditionally sum cells treating lowercase and uppercase letters as different characters, you'll have to come up with something else. Continue reading
How to group columns in Excel
If you feel overwhelmed or confused about the extensive content of your worksheet, you can organize the columns in groups to easily hide and show different parts of your sheet, so that only the relevant information is visible. Continue reading
How to find sum of largest N numbers in Excel
In some situations, you may need to sum specific numbers in a range, say top 3, 5, 10 or n. That might be a challenge because Excel has no inbuilt function for this. But as always, there is nothing that would prevent you from constructing your own formulas :) Continue reading
SUMIF multiple columns with one or several criteria in Excel
Doing a conditional sum in Excel is a piece of cake as long as all the values to be totaled are in one column. Summing multiple columns is a problem because both the SUMIF and SUMIFS functions require the sum range and criteria ranges to be equally sized. Continue reading
How to make a heat map in Excel with or without numbers
Microsoft Excel has a number of inbuilt features to create graphs. Regrettably, a heat map is not on board. Luckily, there is a quick and simple way to create a heat map in Excel with conditional formatting. Continue reading
Mail Merge formatting issues in Word: causes and fixes
Using Word's Mail Merge to automate the creation of a document from an Excel worksheet may present lots of challenges. Our troubleshooting tips will help you fix typical formatting problems. Continue reading
How to number columns in Excel and convert column letter to number
The tutorial talks about how to return a column number in Excel using formulas and how to number columns automatically. Continue reading
How to convert column number to letter in Excel
When building complex formulas in Excel, you may sometimes need to get a column letter of a specific cell or from a given number. This can be done in two ways: by using inbuilt functions or your own one. Continue reading
Using ISERROR with VLOOKUP in Excel
VLOOKUP is one of the most confusing Excel functions plagued with many issues. Using VLOOKUP with ISERROR can help you catch all possible errors and handle them in a way most appropriate to your situation. Continue reading
How to use ISERROR function in Excel
When you write a formula that Excel does not understand or cannot calculate, it draws your attention to the problem by showing an error message. The ISERROR function can help you catch errors and provide an alternative when an error is found. Continue reading
Excel split screen - view different parts of a sheet at once
When working with large datasets, it can be helpful to see a few areas of the same worksheet at a time to compare different subsets of data. This can be done by using Excel's Split Screen feature. Continue reading
How to open Excel files in separate windows and multiple instances
Having spreadsheets in two different windows makes many Excel tasks easier. One of the possible solutions is viewing workbooks side by side, but this eats a lot of space and isn't always the best option. Continue reading
Excel IFNA function to handle #N/A errors
Getting a lot of #N/A errors in your worksheets and are curious to know if there is a way to replace them with a user-friendly message? IFNA formula is the solution you need. Continue reading
ISNA function in Excel with formula examples
When Excel cannot find what it is asked for, a #N/A! error appears in a cell. To intercept and handle such errors, you can use the ISNA function. Continue reading
How to change Excel CSV delimiter to comma or semicolon
Imagine this: you want to export your Excel data to another application. Whatever CSV option you use, the result is a semicolon-separated file instead of comma-separated you really wanted. The setting is default, and you have no idea how to change it. Continue reading
How to highlight active row and column in Excel
When viewing a large worksheet for a long time, you may eventually lose track of where your cursor is and which data you are looking at. To know exactly where you are at any moment, get Excel to automatically highlight the active row and column for you! Continue reading
VLOOKUP to compare two columns in Excel for common values and missing data
When you have data in two different lists, you may often need to compare them to see what information is missing in one of the lists or what data is present in both. Comparison can be done in many different ways, which method to use depends on exactly what you want from it. Continue reading
How to use and store custom functions in Excel
Today we’ll continue exploring custom Excel functions. Now that you know how to create UDFs, let’s dig a bit deeper and learn how to use and store user-defined functions in Excel. Continue reading
RegEx in Excel: using regular expressions in formulas
At first sight, Excel has everything you could ever need for text string manipulations. Hmm… what about regular expressions? Oops, there are no built-in Regex functions in Excel. But no one says we cannot create our own ones :) Continue reading
Debug user defined functions
As you already know how to create UDFs (and, I hope, you’ve also tried applying them in your Excel), let’s dig a bit deeper and see what can be done in case your user defined function is not working. Continue reading
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