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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Introduction to Copilot in Excel Excel has long been the go-to tool for managing and analyzing data. Now, with the introduction of Copilot in Excel, users have a powerful new assistant to help streamline their workflows. Copilot in Excel is designed to understand natural language queries, making it easier than
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Microsoft Teams is a powerful collaboration tool that offers a wide range of features to enhance productivity and communication within organizations. However, as with any software, there are sometimes features that were available in previous versions that do not carry over to newer versions. In this blog post, we will
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The Power of Conditional Formatting In this blog post, we will explore the concept of Conditional Formatting in Microsoft Excel. Conditional formatting is a powerful feature that allows users to highlight cells that meet specific criteria, highlight numbers over or below the average, and use Data Bars. By using conditional
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Using Power Query in Excel to Manage Email Addresses If you have emails in Outlook and need to extract the email addresses, it can be daunting, especially when dealing with many emails. In this blog, we will explore how to use Power Query to efficiently break down email addresses from
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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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NEW Teams was released in preview mode in March 2023. There are currently two versions of Teams, and depending on your settings, you can easily switch between them. Classic Teams and New Teams (aka Teams 2.0). At some point in 2024, Classic Teams will go away. Microsoft keeps launching
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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