Posts Tagged 'Excel functions', page 6
Circular reference in Excel - how to check, find, enable, or remove
This short tutorial explains the basics of Excel circular reference and why you should beware of using them. You will also learn how to check, find and remove circular references in Excel worksheets, and if none of the above is an option, how to enable and use circular formulas. Continue reading
3-D reference in Excel: reference the same cell or range in multiple worksheets
This short tutorial explains the essence of Excel 3-D reference and shows how you can calculate multiple worksheets with a single 3-D formula. Continue reading
How to create external reference in Excel to refer to another sheet or workbook
This short tutorial explains the basics of an external reference in Excel, and shows how to reference another sheet and workbook in your formulas. Continue reading
Why use dollar sign ($) in Excel formulas - absolute and relative cell references
When writing an Excel formula, $ sign in cell references confuses many users. But the explanation is very simple. The dollar sign in an Excel cell reference serves just one purpose - it tells Excel whether to change or not to change the reference when the formula is copied to other cells. And this short tutorial provides full details about this great feature. Continue reading
Using REPLACE and SUBSTITUTE functions in Excel - formula examples
The tutorial explains the Excel REPLACE and SUBSTITUTE functions with examples of uses. See how to use the REPLACE function with text strings, numbers and dates, and how to nest several REPLACE or SUBSTITUTE functions within one formula. Continue reading
Excel FIND and SEARCH functions with formula examples
The tutorial explains the syntax of the Excel FIND and SEARCH functions and provides formula examples of advanced non-trivial uses. Continue reading
Calculating moving average in Excel
In this short tutorial, you will learn how to quickly calculate a simple moving average in Excel, what functions to use to get moving average for the last N days, weeks, months or years, and how to add a moving average trendline to an Excel chart. Continue reading
How to calculate weighted average in Excel
The tutorial demonstrates two easy ways to calculate weighted average in Excel - by using the SUM or SUMPRODUCT function. Continue reading
How to calculate average (mean) in Excel - AVERAGE, AVERAGEIF, AVERAGEIFS formula examples
The tutorial demonstrates how to calculate average in Excel for numeric values and for cells with other data types. You will also learn how to use the AVERAGEIF and AVERAGEIFS functions to average cells that meet certain criteria. Continue reading
How to compare two columns in Excel for matches and differences
The tutorial demonstrates a number of techniques to compare and match two or more columns in Excel with formulas, conditional formatting and the specialized wizard. Continue reading
Most useful Excel functions with formula examples
This page can be your entry point to learning Microsoft Excel functions. It lists the most essential text, math, statistical, logical and other functions along with formula examples and links to related resources. Continue reading
How to round numbers in Excel - ROUND, ROUNDUP, ROUNDDOWN and other functions
The tutorial explains the uses of ROUND, ROUNDUP, ROUNDDOWN, FLOOR, CEILING, MROUND and other Excel rounding functions and provides formula examples to round decimal numbers to integers or to a certain number of decimal places, extract a fractional part, round to nearest 5, 10 or 100, and more. Continue reading
How to merge cells in Excel without losing data
The tutorial demonstrates different techniques to quickly merge two cells in Excel and combine multiple cells without losing data in Excel 2016, 2013, 2010 and lower. Continue reading
CONCATENATE in Excel: combine text strings, cells and columns
In this tutorial, you will learn various ways to concatenate text strings, cells, ranges, columns and rows in Excel using the CONCATENATE function and "&" operator. Continue reading
How to generate random numbers in Excel - RAND and RANDBETWEEN functions
The tutorial explains the specificities of the Excel random number generator algorithm and demonstrates how to use RAND and RANDBETWEEN functions in Excel to generate random numbers, dates, passwords and other text strings. Continue reading
How to convert time to decimal number, hours, minutes or seconds in Excel
The tutorial demonstrates different ways to convert time to decimal in Excel. You will find a variety of formulas to change time to hours, minutes or seconds as well as convert text to time and vice versa. Continue reading
How to calculate time in Excel - time difference, adding / subtracting times
The tutorial explains different ways to calculate times in Excel and demonstrates several methods of adding times and calculating time difference. You will learn a few useful formulas to sum times and add hours, minutes or seconds to a given time. Continue reading
Excel time format & how to use NOW and TIME functions to insert time
In this tutorial, you will learn the specificities of Excel time format as well as how to add a timestamp using shortcuts or insert updatable current time using the NOW function. You will also learn how to apply special Excel time functions to get hours, minutes or seconds from a time stamp. Continue reading
Excel date functions - formula examples of DATE, TODAY, etc.
This is the final part of our Excel Date Tutorial that offers an overview of all Excel date functions, explains their basic uses and provides lots of formula examples. Continue reading
Using DATE function in Excel - formula examples to calculate dates
The tutorial explains the syntax and uses of the Excel DATE function and provides formula examples for calculating dates. Continue reading
