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Excel's REDUCE is clever, but this old-school function is what I trust

Excel multiplies the items in the first array (cost price) by the corresponding items in the second array (units sold) and then sums the results to give you the total. It is immediately clear what the ...
How-To Geek on MSN

I use these 3 Excel formulas to organize my daily life

=LET (Spend,SUMIF (T_Budget [Category],E2,T_Budget [Cost]),IFS (Spend>F2,"Over budget",Spend=F2,"Budget hit",Spend> (F2*0.9),"Near budget",TRUE,"Within budget")) Let's break the formula down to ...
JournalofAccountancy

Using Excel’s TEXTBEFORE AND TEXTAFTER functions to easily tame messy data

Q. How do the TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions in Excel work? A. Excel’s TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions allow users to quickly split up text in ways that used to require combinations of ...
Forbes

How To Create A Simple, Effective Gantt Chart In Excel

Dana Miranda is a Certified Educator in Personal Finance, creator of the Healthy Rich newsletter and author of You Don't Need a Budget: Stop Worrying about Debt, Spend without Shame, and Manage Money ...
PC Gamer

Microsoft launches Copilot AI function in Excel, but warns not to use it in 'any task requiring accuracy or reproducibility'

Certain Windows 365 Copilot users now have access to a new feature in Excel that lets you use Microsoft's Copilot AI to generate formulas, but you might want to be careful how you use it. Microsoft is ...
The Verge

Microsoft Excel adds Copilot AI to help fill in spreadsheet cells

The new ‘COPILOT’ function uses AI to generate summaries, tags, tables, and more based on a group of cells. The new ‘COPILOT’ function uses AI to generate summaries, tags, tables, and more based on a ...
GeekWire

Excel + AI: Microsoft brings new ‘COPILOT’ function directly into spreadsheet cells

Microsoft Excel’s new COPILOT function lets users generate, summarize, and analyze data directly in spreadsheet cells using plain-language prompts. (Microsoft Image) Microsoft is building generative ...
Forbes

Free Online Excel Courses with Certificate

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...
Sixth Tone

In China, Extreme Boot Camps for Kids Are Multiplying. So Are Accidents.

SHANGHAI — One afternoon last August, Fang Qingqing received the call that every parent dreads. It was an instructor at the summer camp her 12-year-old son was attending: Her boy was badly injured and ...
Cleveland.com

Smoke shops ‘multiplying like rabbits’ in Lakewood; council OKs temporary ban

LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- Lakewood has likely issued its final permit this year to a retail industry that one City Council member said has been “multiplying like rabbits.” City Council on Monday unanimously ...
JournalofAccountancy

How to use Excel’s AGGREGATE Function

Q. Could you explain how the AGGREGATE function works in Excel? A. AGGREGATE is possibly the most versatile function in Excel. Think of it as an advanced version of the SUBTOTAL function that offers ...