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Excel SORT Function | Excel One Minute Quick Reference

The SORT function in Excel sorts the contents of a range or array. Example, =SORT(B2:B20). You can also sort in ascending or descending order with the SORT function.

Excel DATEDIF Function | Excel One Minute Quick Reference

Need to know the number of years, months, or days between two dates? Excel's DATEDIF function will calculate it for you. This is a great function if you work in Human Resources (HR), or any job position where you need the difference in dates.

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 - Find & Highlight Duplicate Rows - 3 Methods | Conditional Formatting

Microsoft Excel can find duplicates easily with Conditional Formatting. The issue is Conditional Formatting finds duplicates based on the cell value, but I want to find duplicate rows. I use three methods in the video to find duplicate rows. I start off with CONCATENATE, then use the TEXTJOIN function, and finally COUNTIFS with no helper column. To highlight the rows I use Conditional Formatting using a formula.

How to use the TODAY function in Excel

The TODAY function returns the current date and is updated automatically when you open an Excel file. The TODAY function has no arguments. In this video, I'll use the TODAY function in an accounting exercise using Accounts Receivable. You would use the same for Accounts Payable.

Excel Convert Text to Numbers - Four easy methods

Need to convert text to numbers in Excel? I'll demonstrate four methods in the easy-to-follow article and video. If you need to analyze data in Excel, numbers frequently come in as text and need to be converted.

Excel - 5 easy ways to identify numbers stored as text

In Excel, numbers that are stored as text can cause unexpected results. It is important before you analyze numbers to make sure there are not stored as text. In this video, I'll demonstrate five methods to quickly find numbers stored as text. Numbers as text usually happens when you pull data from another data source into Excel.

PMT Function in Excel - how to use it to calculate loan payment

The PMT function will calculate your payments for a loan based on the interest rate, loan amount, and the number of periods.

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.

Margin of Safety vs. Break-even point in Excel

Break-even point (BEP) is the level of sales where the total cost - fixed cost and variable cost - equals total revenues. Break-even is where Net Income is zero. There is no profit and no loss. The Margin of Safety (MoS) is a difference between actual/budgeted sales and the level of breakeven sales.

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.