Excel Blog - Page 8
Page 8 of Excel tutorials and guides.
Articles
- How to Create an Excel Dashboard: Build an Excel dashboard with clean source data, KPI cards, charts, slicers, Pivot Tables, and formulas that update automatically.
- How to Freeze Panes in Excel: Learn how to freeze rows, columns, headers, and both top rows and left columns in Excel, plus how to fix Freeze Panes not working.
- How to Calculate Percentage in Excel: Learn percentage formulas in Excel for percent of total, percent change, discounts, margins, completion rates, and common formatting mistakes.
- How to Remove Duplicates in Excel Without Losing Data: Remove duplicate rows in Excel safely using Remove Duplicates, UNIQUE, COUNTIF, conditional formatting, and backup checks.
- How to Create a Drop-Down List in Excel: Learn how to create Excel drop-down lists with Data Validation, dynamic source ranges, dependent dropdowns, and common fixes when lists do not update.
- Excel Formula Audit Checklist: Find Errors Before They Break Reports: Use this Excel formula audit checklist to find broken references, hardcoded values, hidden errors, inconsistent ranges, and risky formulas before reports are shared.
- COUNTIF Not Counting Text? Fix Criteria, Spaces, and Wildcards: Fix COUNTIF text counting problems caused by hidden spaces, wildcard syntax, inconsistent imported data, and criteria mistakes.
Recommended Excel resources
- Browse the complete Excel functions directory to find syntax, examples, common errors, and related formulas for every major function.
- Use the formula problem guides when a workbook returns #N/A, #VALUE!, #SPILL!, wrong totals, or formulas that do not update as expected.
- Compare similar Excel functions before choosing a formula, especially for lookup, conditional aggregation, text cleanup, and dynamic array tasks.