Definitions of what Excel tasks are considered “basic”, “advanced”, “intermediate” and in between can vary from company to company or industry to industry. An accounting firm, for example, may consider specific accounting functions, VLOOKUP and INDEX/MATCH “basic” tools for the job while an HR department might consider these unnecessary but require knowledge of Power Query…
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Microsoft Excel is one of the most widely used applications in the business world. It is an essential tool for organizing and analyzing data, and being proficient in its use is a necessary skill for many jobs. Perhaps, even more importantly, employers are looking for problem solvers and organized leaders. Basic Excel competence signifies that…
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When it comes to storing, analyzing and visualizing data, Microsoft Excel is the preferred choice. But, when the source of the data you need to analyze is contained within a PDF file, your first step is going to be getting it into Excel. To stay entirely within the Excel user environment, use Get Data…
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The Portable Document Format, known best by its acronym and file type “PDF”, was developed by Adobe Systems in 1993 and has remained the standard for consumer printing, publishing and electronic sharing ever since. It is no wonder, then, that every now and then the need to convert information stored in a PDF into an…
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As document sharing and co-authoring becomes the norm for how data is gathered and analyzed, it is more important than ever to make sure that there are guardrails in place for ensuring data quality. Variations in spelling, abbreviations, formatting and numerical styles can all radically impact results. Let’s look at a simple example: Your event…
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If you use Excel through an Office 365 subscription, you know that new features appear regularly throughout the year. Because of this ‘trickle’ you might easily miss something new and useful, especially if your updates take place automatically in the background. As we head into a new year, here are several new features and functions…
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There’s a moment in everyone’s experience with Excel when you are both fairly comfortable using the tool and at the same time recognize just how much more there is to learn! This is often at the point where you want to take on a new task and realize that tools you need aren’t already in…
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If you are looking for a job, or hoping to move to a better one, you’re probably doing all the right things: Networking, updating your social presence on LinkedIn, honing your resume. But are you also improving your skills? And in particular, are your Excel skills where they need to be? If you’re thinking, “but…
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Computer skills and Data analysis are among the top “hard” skills that employers are looking for in job candidates. Employers want to know that you can use the tools you need to stay organized, to communicate important information and accurately interpret the information you use daily. Microsoft Excel is the most popular spreadsheet tool in…
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As of 2022, Excel can contain up to 1,048,576 rows by 16,384 columns of data. Why is this mentioned in a post about Freezing Rows? Imagine trying to read a sheet with the headers 1000 rows above the data you are looking at. What does that number mean? Is this the primary email address or…
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