Learn when FILTER beats XLOOKUP, when it does not, and how to handle multiple matches, nth items, and multi-condition lookups with clear steps.

One typical application for Excel is to find information in a list of data. The simplest way to do this is filtering the data so that Excel does the work of finding the pertinent information for you ...

Working with large datasets in Excel often presents challenges, particularly when clarity and organization are essential. Dynamically inserting blank rows between items is a highly effective method to ...

Learn why Excel’s Advanced Filter sometimes returns partial matches — and how to control or fix it for precise data filtering ...

Use Excel data validation to prevent duplicate values in a column Your email has been sent Prevent duplicates before they happen by combining a simple function with data validation. Excel has built-in ...

This guide describes how to link checkboxes to multiple cells in Excel in Windows 11/10 manually, or automate the process ...

You can create a PivotTable in Excel from an external data source, a table in your worksheet, or a pre-built data model. To ...

When you think about serial communications, Microsoft Excel isn’t typically the first program that springs to mind. But this spreadsheet has a rather powerful scripting language hidden away inside it, ...