The SCAN function lives in a single cell and spills the results down the column, ensuring my totals are always structurally and mathematically correct. The SCAN function has three arguments: ...

The FIND function allows you to find a text string within another. It returns the position at which a character or string begins within another text string. The output of the above function will be 5, ...

Learn the difference between Excel COUNT and COUNTA, plus TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER tricks, so you clean text and totals with ...

If you've ever tried building a product catalog in Excel, you know the headache — images float over cells, they don't move ...

I have a background that includes spreadsheets, programming, and electronics, so this book piqued my interest. I didn't run into any surprises until I thought a bit more about its contents and my ...

Suppose we have a workbook with employee data (employee names) of an organization, as shown in the above image. Column A contains the first names of the employees, column B contains middle names of ...

Forecasting for any small business involves guesswork. You know your business and its past performance, but you may not be comfortable predicting the future. Using Excel is a great way to perform what ...

FORECAST.ETS applies an exponential triple smoothing (ETS) algorithm to create forecasts that can include trend and seasonal ...

The company is adding some handy automation features to its web-based spreadsheet software. The company is adding some handy automation features to its web-based spreadsheet software. Microsoft has ...