Chris Menard is a Microsoft MVP. He is certified in Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint. His YouTube videos have over 25 million views.
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You can set up a relationship with two or more tables in Excel to create a PivotTable. XLOOKUP and VLOOOKUP also work, but you can skip those great functions and set up Relationships. For example, one Excel table contains the Employee ID and name. A second table contains the Employee
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In Excel, a PivotTable can be based on a Range or on a Table. I encourage you to base your PivotTable on a Table. Initially, both a range and table will be correct. The issue comes when you add data to the source and update or Refresh your PivotTable. If
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One of my favorite functions is the IF function. The IF function allows you to use true and false conditions. For example, if the value in cell B2 is over $5,000, give them a 2% discount. **IF Function in Excel** Another example is if the years of service for
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Did you know that there are over 500 Functions in Excel? In this short video, part of my Excel Essentials Training Course, we look at the seven business functions I use all the time, and every Excel user should use these functions. Functions with one argument shown include SUM, AVERAGE,
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When you create a Table or PivotTable in Excel, you can work with Styles. There are three style groups - Light, Medium, and Dark. Within each group are multiple styles. This is both for Tables and PivotTables. With Styles comes Banded Rows and Banded Columns. **PivotTable Styles** YouTube Video Styles
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Creating a Data Validation List is a great way to ensure you have "good" data. For example, I may type Human Resources as a department, but later in my data, I see HR. I know that HR and Human Resources are the same, but Excel doesn't.
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Excel has a lot of Financial Functions. We will look at several functions for a home or car purchase. The functions include - PMT - IPMT - PPMT - CUMPRINC - CUMIPMT. These are great functions for personal finance and business. Excel Financial Functions YouTube Video Excel - Financial Functions
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Excel has many print options. We will look at setting the Print Area, Print Selection, working with Margins, Printing Gridlines, and Printing Row and Column headings. Excel Print Area Set the Print Area in Excel If you frequently need to print a particular section of a worksheet, for example, A1
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Excel has three views in the status bar. 1. Normal 2. Page Layout 3. Page Break Preview We will look at using **Page Break Preview** to move and lose page breaks and use the Insert Tab to Insert Page Breaks and Reset All Page Breaks. In Page Break Preview, dashed
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Cut and Copy are two must know features in Excel. A cut moves the data from one place to another. A copy leave it in its original place and allows you to copy it to the same worksheet, another worksheet, or even a new workbook. Keyboard Shortcuts - CUT -
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Excel filters are great for seeing just a subset of your data. You can use filters for text, numbers, and dates, but also by color. You can use font color or fill color (the paint can). You can also use Advanced Filters. You Advanced Filters when you are looking at