Intermediate Microsoft Excel tutorials

Excel 3D Reference - easily reference data on another worksheet

A 3D reference in Excel is a simple method to pull data from another cell, another worksheet, or a range of worksheets. Changes in the source will reflect in the destination.

What is the Middle Class and Are You in the Middle Class?

What is the middle class and are you in the middle class? To figure out if you are in the middle class, we need to know the median household income, how many people are in your household, and where you live.

Excel - 3 Cool methods to extract text from the beginning of a text string

We frequently need to extract part of a text string in Microsoft Excel. We are going to extract the first part of a text string. Examples of text string parts you would extract include product numbers, employee IDs, and accounting numbers.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Microsoft 365

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is in all Microsoft 365 apps - Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams, and other M365 apps. In Excel, we have Analyze data on the Home tab and the ability to get data from a picture or screenshot.

Analyze Data Command in Excel - Ask questions about your data using AI

Need to quickly understand your data in Excel and ask questions about your data? Easy to do using Excel's Analyze Data command located on the Home tab in Excel. Analyze Data using Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Excel - Easily Break Up Data using Subtotals and Conditional Formatting

After sorting in Excel, we will look at two great methods for separating blocks of data or showing a clean separator between our groups.

Excel Sorting Tips with Chris Menard on January 24, 2023

Chris Menard will be live on YouTube and Linked showing Sorting Tips in Excel on January 24, 2023.

Excel - Convert Seconds to Minutes and Seconds - Watch Chris Work!

Frequently we have data in one format but need to convert it to another. Today's example is I have a column on seconds for the length of videos. I want to show minutes and seconds with a colon in between the minutes and seconds.

TOP 5 Excel Features Released in 2022

Microsoft keeps rolling out awesome new features for M365 users. Many of the new features hit Excel in 2022. This video covers my top five favorite features in Excel from 2022.

Getting Started With PivotTables - Live on 2-22-2023

Chris Menard, Microsoft Certified Trainer, will be LIVE on YouTube and LinkedIn on 2-22-2023 at 12:30 pm for Getting Started with PivotTables in Excel.

Excel Chart Maps used with the Geography Data Type

Combine the Geography Data type with a Chart Map. The Geography Data type is located on the Data tab, and Chart Map is on the Insert tab with the other chart types.

Excel - using the Scenario Manager to track house payments with skyrocketing mortgage rates

For potential homeowners, 1 year makes a HUGE difference. In 2021, we saw some of the lowest mortgage rates in the last 30 years. In July 2021, the average rate on 30-Year Fixed-Rate Mortgages was 2.87% (source FreddieMac). Today, July 2022, we are looking at rates around 5.8%.