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Analyze Results from Microsoft FORMS POLLS in Excel | Watch Chris Work

I recently spoke at the Administrative Professional Day Conference hosted by the University of Georgia. After reviewing my survey results in Microsoft Forms, I realized I needed to analyze the survey data. Forms results are immediately available in Excel.

Excel AVERAGE excluding the highest and lowest values | TRIMMEAN Function

When you have a range of numbers in Excel and want to figure out the AVERAGE but you have some extreme values that can skew your averages, there is a function that helps solve that problem.

Auto-Refresh STOCKS in Excel | Pull Live Stock Data in Excel | New Feature

The STOCKS data type in Microsoft Excel required manual refresh until now. A new feature released for Microsoft Excel on Desktop for Windows, Mac as well as Excel on the Web, fixes that problem, by allowing you pull almost live stock data into Excel.

Excel Charts vs PivotCharts | Comparison | Which is Best?

Which is best in Excel? Classic CHARTS or PIVOTCHARTS? In today's Excel video, I show you both ways of creating charts in Excel, show you step by step what's involved in each method and which one is the most flexible, powerful and which one I prefer.

Excel Distinct Count with a PivotTable

PivotTables in Excel can create a Distinct Count. An example of a distinct count is we had five orders in one day, but three orders were placed by the same customer. I want to know we have five orders from three customers.

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.