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Calculated Items in an Excel PivotTable

Excel PivotTables have calculated fields and calculated items. In this video, I'm going to take a field called Year, which has 2022 and 2021 in it and create a calculated item.

Excel Conditional Formatting - Getting started with five examples

Conditional Formatting is one of Excel's best features. I use it daily. In this short video, I'll get you started using Conditional Formatting.

Excel Five Great Tips for Filtering Data

Five great filtering tips for Excel. Filter by selected cells value, copy and paste filtered data, delete filtered data, auto-calculate works with filtered data, and search for filtered data.

Excel - Create a custom list to sort data

Excel makes it easy to sort using built-in custom lists, you can sort data—either by days of the week or months of the year. I'll demonstrate how to create your own custom lists to sort by any other characteristic that doesn’t sort well alphabetically.

Excel VLOOKUP for Tax Brackets Year 2021 with Examples

How to calculate progressive tax with 2021 tax brackets and VLOOKUP in Excel, with examples. Tax brackets show you the tax rate you will pay on each portion of your income.

How To Show Percentages In Stacked Column Chart In Excel

With a stacked column chart in Excel, you can view partial numbers, but what do you do when you want to show percentages? Excel's pie charts show percentages, but stacked column charts do not. We are going to use a mixed reference to create a column chart with percentages.

Subtotal Command in Excel - automatically calculate subtotals and grand totals

The Subtotals Command will automatically calculate subtotals and grand totals in a list for a column. Subtotals come with an automatic outline in Excel. The outline will show 1, 2, and 3 to the left of column A. I have three rules I follow before I use Subtotals - 1) Save 2) Sort and 3) Subtotal. You can also do multiple Subtotals.

Excel - How to use the Navigation pane for charts, tables, PivotTables, pictures, and worksheets

The Navigation pane in Excel is an easy way to understand a workbook's layout. With the Navigation pane, you can see charts, tables, images, and PivotTables. The Navigation Pane even shows you the elements by worksheet.

Excel NOW Function | Excel One Minute Quick Reference

The NOW function in Excel returns the current date and time. The NOW function is useful when you need to display the current date and time on a worksheet or calculate a value based on the current date and time, and have that value updated each time you open the worksheet.

How to use the Subtotal Function with Filters in Excel

We love to use Filters in Excel. When filtering data, the filtered rows turn blue. To get the SUM, AVERAGE, MAX, MIN, or COUNT of the filtered data, use the SUBTOTAL function.

Excel SORTBY Function | Excel One Minute Quick Reference

The SORTBY function in Excel sorts the contents of a range or array based on the values in a corresponding range or array. Use SORTBY to see a list of employees sorted by highest paid, but you don't show their salaries. USE SORTBY to sort a customer list by the most profitable customer but not see the revenue.

Excel FILTER Function | Excel One Minute Quick Reference

The FILTER function in Excel allows you to filter a range of data based on the criteria you define. The FILTER function is a dynamic array function. The FILTER function has three arguments, but only two are required.