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How to use the REDUCE function in Microsoft Excel

Macros are powerful, but they don't work on the web or mobile. I’ve switched to the native REDUCE function for my complex ...
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Stop Struggling with Spreadsheets Use Power Query in Excel to Simplify Data Cleaning

Have you ever spent hours wrestling with messy spreadsheets, trying to clean up data that just won’t cooperate? Or maybe you’ve found yourself manually merging files, painstakingly copying and pasting ...
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6 silent Excel spreadsheet killers (and how you can stop them)

Audit hidden data, filters, and hard-coded values to ensure your Excel spreadsheets are professional and precise.
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Excel’s New Clean Data Button Will Save You Hours : But There’s a Catch

Have you ever spent hours wrestling with messy spreadsheets, only to end up questioning your sanity over rogue spaces or mismatched text entries? If so, you’re not alone. Data cleaning is one of the ...
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Quickly clean data with Excel’s TRIMRANGE and trim references

Q. How do the TRIMRANGE function and trim references in Excel work? A. Excel’s TRIMRANGE function and trim references help users quickly tidy up datasets. This makes for a cleaner, easier-to-follow, ...