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4 Ways to Split Data Into Multiple Columns in Microsoft Excel

You're spoiled for choice!

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Prove Your Real-World Microsoft Excel Skills With the How-To Geek Test (Intermediate)

Do you know more than the basics in Excel?

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How to Delete Rows from a Filtered Range Without Crashing Excel

Taking one extra step will make all the difference.

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How to Switch to Dark Mode in Microsoft Excel

Turn off the lights in Microsoft Excel.

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Prove Your Real-World Microsoft Excel Skills With the How-To Geek Test (Beginner)

Do you know how to use Excel's fundamental tools?

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How to Visualize Your Geographical Data in Excel With Interactive 3D Maps

You could spend hours playing with this tool!

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How to Create a Drop-Down List from a Column of Data in Excel

Which method you use depends on how your data is formatted.

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3 Ways to Stop Volatile Functions Recalculating in Microsoft Excel

Fix the values generated by volatile functions.

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6 Microsoft Excel Formatting Habits You Need to Ditch

Tweaking your spreadsheet routines could make life much easier.

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Do You Need Math Skills to Be Good at Microsoft Excel?

Math skills can be useful in Excel—but are they essential?

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What Are Date and Time Serial Numbers in Microsoft Excel, and Why Do They Exist?

Date and time calculations would be impossible without them.

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My Favorite Shortcuts for Quickly Navigating Microsoft Excel

Negotiate the Excel interface like a pro!

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4 Hidden Microsoft Excel Tools You Probably Didn’t Know

Excel is a treasure trove of data tricks.

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6 Microsoft Word Keyboard Shortcuts I Wish I Knew Earlier

I could have saved so much time!

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How to Use Excel's MOD Function to Solve Real-World Problems

MOD is more versatile than you might think.

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This IDE Actually Made Me a Better Programmer

One IDE to rule them all. You won't want to use anything else.

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11 Cool Double-Click Tricks in Microsoft Excel

These hidden tools could save you hours.

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All Microsoft Teams Power Users Know These 7 Tricks

There's more to it than most people know.

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AMD Punches Back, and Google Goes Ultra: Weekly Roundup

Everything you may have missed from this week.

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4 Paste Special Tricks That Will Save You Time in Microsoft Excel

Paste Special in Excel can do more than paste values.

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