Basic Microsoft Excel tutorials

Excel - Getting Started with Autofill - MUST KNOW FEATURE

Using AutoFill in Excel is one of Excel's most used features. To be proficient in Excel, you need to master AutoFill. In this video, we will look at using Autofill with Series, Columns, Number Patterns, Dates, and Text.

Excel Essential Skills - Rows & Columns and the EVIL Merge and Center

Excel Essential Skills you should know include AutoFit, Absolute Reference, Inserting and Deleting Rows and Columns, and why not to use Merge and Center.

Excel - switch between relative, absolute, and mixed references

Excel has three cell references - Relative, Absolute, and Mixed. It is critical to understand when to use each reference in Excel.

CTRL + Shift + V to Paste Plain Text in Excel - New feature coming soon

Have you ever copied from a website and tried to paste it into Excel? It isn't a pretty picture. Excel has a new keyboard shortcut coming out soon. Using CTRL + SHIFT + V will paste plain text.

How to use XLOOKUP function in Excel

Quick introduction to the XLOOKUP function in Excel, with easy examples. XLOOKUP looks both left and right. XLOOKUP also allows column to be inserted to deleted. VLOOKUP will not look left and right and you can't insert and delete columns.

Excel file size out of control? Learn how to reduce Excel spreadsheet file size

Sometimes Excel spreadsheet file size can get out of control, for no reason, despite not having a lot of data. Find out what to do to reduce the size again.

Excel MONTH Function - extract the month from a date | Excel One-Minute Quick Reference

The MONTH function in Excel allows you to extract the month from the date. In this video, I show you how the month function works in Excel, the formula to use, reference the fields, formatting it so that you only see the month and nothing else.

Excel LARGE function | Find the second, third, n-th largest value | Excel One-Minute Quick Reference

The LARGE function in Excel returns the k-th largest value in a data set. For example, you can use LARGE to return the customer with the highest revenue, 2nd highest revenue, third-highest revenue, and so on.

How to use the SUM Function and AUTOSUM in Microsoft Excel | Tutorial for Absolute Beginners

The SUM function is the most popular and widely-used function in Microsoft Excel, along with its automated version: AutoSum. When you click AutoSum, Excel automatically enters a formula (that uses the SUM function) to sum the numbers.

Three tips for getting started with Excel Charts

Charts in Microsoft Excel are easy. This short video shows three tips for creating charts. I'll cover two keyboard shortcuts for making charts, using Recommend Charts, and creating charts using Quick Analysis.

Average Function in Excel

The AVERAGE function is one of the most popular functions in Excel. This video shows how to use the Average function, handles zero values when using the Average function. Zero values vs. blank cells will give different results with Average. As a bonus, using the AverageIF function with zero values.

Workbook Statistics in Excel for Microsoft 365

Excel for Microsoft 365 subscribers now have Workbook Statistics. Workbook Statistics is a window that shows a summary of the workbook statistics including the number of sheets, tables, formulas, charts, and pivottables.