Save hours of time and remove some of those hair-tearing-out moments with these Excel® tips and secrets.
Excel® has been the go-to spreadsheet application for millions of people for almost 30 years, and with each release, there’s a slew of new features designed to improve users’ productivity. This material focuses on functionality and features that have been added to Excel since 2016, with the primary focus being on the features added via the monthly Office 365 subscription. This information will provide you with a handful of powerful productivity-boosting tips and secrets that will speed up your work in Excel.
Learning Objectives
- You will be able to describe XLOOKUP and how it relates to the VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP.
- You will be able to identify custom data types.
- You will be able to recognize when to use Flash Fill.
- You will be able to discuss dynamic array functions.
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Agenda
Flash Fill: Speed up Data Entry and Reduce the Need for Complex Formulas
Custom Data Types: Bring Geographic, Company and Currency Data to Life
Icons: Over 500 Images That Can Be Used to Visually Communicate Your Data Using Easily Recognizable Symbols
XLOOKUP: A Modern, Flexible, and More Powerful Replacement for VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP
LET: The New LET Function Makes It Easier to Write, Read and Troubleshoot Complex Formulas
LAMBDA: Define Your Own Custom Excel Functions Without the Need to Use VBA
Dynamic Array Functions: A Big Upgrade and Potentially a Game-Changer to the Way That Worksheets Are Designed and Constructed
Power Query Editor: Easily Clean and Transform Imported and List-Based Data Without the Need to Use VBA or Complex Formulas
Get External Data: If You Need to Load Data From Another Application Into Excel, Get External Data Is Your Friend, Supporting Over 40 Data Sources
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Mike Thomas
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- Founder of theexceltrainer.co.uk
- Worked in IT training since 1989
- Subject matter expert in a range of technologies
- Delivered hundreds of courses and webinars on a wide variety of technology-related topics
- Recorded several video-based Excel® training courses for Pluralsight.com
- Produced nearly 200 written and video-based tutorials hosted on theexceltrainer.co.uk
- A fellow of the Learning and Performance Institute
- Can be contacted at [email protected] or https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasmik
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