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Editing a Formula in an Excel Dialog Box? Here's a Tip to Make Life Easier

By default, when you select a formula or source field in a dialog box, Enter mode is activated. You can see this in the ...
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How to use BYCOL() and BYROW() to evaluate data across columns and rows in Excel

How to use BYCOL() and BYROW() to evaluate data across columns and rows in Excel Your email has been sent Most Microsoft Excel functions are autonomous—one result value for each function or formula.
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How to Use the DROP Function in Microsoft Excel

One of the most underused lookup and reference functions in Microsoft Excel is the DROP function. This powerful yet simple ...
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How to Set Up an Ordinal Variable in Excel

An ordinal variable is a number that shows the position of an object within a series of objects with the use of a suffix, for example, "1st" or "453rd." When preparing a worksheet in Excel for your ...
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How to Generate a Random Variable With Normal Distribution in Excel

Forecasting for any small business involves guesswork. You know your business and its past performance, but you may not be comfortable predicting the future. Using Excel is a great way to perform what ...
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Calculating double-declining balance depreciation for tax purposes in Excel

Q. I was excited to see the article about ways to calculate depreciation in Excel, especially when I saw one of them was double-declining balance (DDB). As tax professionals, we’re always trying to ...
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Using Excel’s GROUPBY function as a PivotTable alternative

Q. Are there any alternatives to traditional PivotTables in Excel? A. The first thing that comes to mind is the function GROUPBY. The primary purpose of GROUPBY is to make data analysis easier by ...