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AutoSave Not Working in Microsoft 365? Try This

AutoSave is a great feature—when it works.

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How to Perform a Two-Way Lookup in Excel With XLOOKUP

Execute dynamic data retrievals with nested XLOOKUP formulas.

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5 New Microsoft Excel Features to Try in July 2025

Get up to date with the latest Excel developments.

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Reorganize Your Excel Spreadsheet With These Keyboard-Mouse Shortcut Combos

Use your keyboard and mouse at the same time in Excel.

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I Love Using Excel Tables, but I Wish Microsoft Fixed One Major Problem

There are solutions, but they're not entirely ideal.

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Don’t Ignore the Power of F1 in Microsoft Excel

This function key can do more in Excel than you think.

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Illustration of a Microsoft Excel interface showing a pop-up suggestion that offers to auto-fill cells using a generated formula.
Flash Fill in Excel Is Good, but This Tool Is So Much Better

Stop writing complex formulas—let Excel do the work!

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6 Game-Changing Microsoft Excel Tools

Get one step closer to being an Excel power-user.

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6 Cool Right-Click Tricks in Microsoft Excel

Don't let your right mouse button go to waste!

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4 Excel Power Query Commands You Need to Know

Become an expert data manipulator.

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Don’t Ignore the Power of F9 in Microsoft Excel

Recalculate and fix your Excel formulas using only your keyboard.

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Outlook Crashing While Opening or Creating an Email? Here's a Fix

Ahh, it's a temporary workaround again.

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How to Use Parentheses, Square Brackets, and Curly Braces in Microsoft Excel

Who knew that simple symbols could be so powerful?

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

Can you execute complex Excel tasks?

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Need to Stack Data from Multiple Excel Sheets? Use Power Query Append

Don't combine Excel tables manually.

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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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