Excel Find and Replace Not Working – How to Fix?
Excel Find and Replace helps you locate text, numbers, formulas, and formatting, then update the matching cells. When it stops working, the cause is usually a selected range, a saved …
Excel Tips
Here you will find common Excel tips and tutorials that can help you speed up your work and get stuff done faster.
How to Show the Difference Between Two Columns in a Pivot Table
A PivotTable can show the gap between two columns without changing your source data. The trick is knowing what those columns represent. If you are comparing January and February under …
How to Do a Fuzzy Lookup in Excel
Misspelled names and inconsistent spacing can turn an ordinary lookup into a blank result, even when both records refer to the same place or person. A fuzzy lookup compares text …
Pivot Table vs Pivot Chart in Excel
A pivot table summarizes a big dataset into a small table of totals, counts, or averages. A pivot chart takes that same summary and draws it as a chart. Both …
How to Loop in Excel Formulas Without VBA
Excel formulas don’t have a FOR or WHILE loop like VBA does. But you can still make a formula repeat a calculation for every character, every row, or every step …
How to Convert Numbers to Words in Excel
Checks, invoices, and receipts often need the amount written out, like “One Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-Four Dollars and Thirty Cents” for 1,284.30. Excel has no built-in function that writes numbers …
How to Use IF With Cell Color in Excel
Excel’s IF function can’t look at a cell’s fill color. It only reads values, so a formula like =IF(A2 is green,…) doesn’t exist out of the box. That’s a problem …
How to Use INDEX MATCH to Return Multiple Values in Excel
INDEX MATCH is a lookup combo, but MATCH only ever finds the first row that matches. So if a value appears several times, you only get one result back. To …
Excel Flash Fill Not Working – How to Fix?
Flash Fill can turn one example into a completed column, saving you from typing or copying the same pattern row by row. When it stops working, the cause is usually …
How to Convert Julian Date to Calendar Date in Excel (5-Digit, 7-Digit, and JDE)
Converting a Julian date in Excel turns a compact year and day code into a calendar date you can read, sort, and filter. Before choosing a formula, count the digits …
Pivot Table Not Refreshing – How to Fix?
When a PivotTable does not refresh, its report can keep old totals or omit newly added records. A basic refresh works only when Excel can read the right source and …
How to Use Custom AutoFilter in Excel (AND/OR Conditions and Wildcards)
When a regular filter checklist isn’t specific enough, Custom AutoFilter lets you filter a column with operators such as Contains, Begins With, Between, and After. That helps when you’re looking …