When it comes to working with data, whether it's a basic list of entries or a large dataset, Excel is usually one of the go-to tools for most people, and for good reasons. First off, it allows you to ...

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How to use conditional formatting to compare values from row to row, or not, in Excel Your email has been sent Conditional formatting in Microsoft Excel has been around for a long time, but I find ...

How to use Excel formulas to compare multi-column lists Your email has been sent Duplicates in the same column are easy to find by sorting, filtering, and using conditional formatting. When none of ...

In Microsoft Excel you can use a formula to compare two similar documents in different workbooks. For example, if a small business has two people compile financial statements in Excel using the same ...

You can freeze columns in Excel with a few clicks, and then unfreeze them when you no longer need to view them statically. Freezing a column in Excel makes that pane visible while you scroll to other ...

The needful can be achieved using the COUNTIF function. You could either count the frequency of duplicates in Excel or the order of their occurrence in Excel. Count the frequency of duplicate values ...

Don't listen to anyone who tells you that the VALUE function in Microsoft Excel is obsolete. You'll probably seldom need to use it on its own, but when combined with other functions, it's still as ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Excel is a great program with hundreds of helpful functions. Unfortunately, one function it's lacking is a simple way to merge two or more columns ...

Comparing two columns in Excel doesn’t have to be a difficult task, and to get the job done, we suggest using VLOOKUP. You see, not always; the columns you want to compare are in the same workbook or ...