Excel Formula Guides and Learning Paths

Browse focused Excel guides for beginner formulas, lookup functions, IF formulas, text cleanup, dates, errors, data analysis, and international formula settings.

Learning paths

  • [Excel lookup functions](/guides/excel-lookup-functions-guide/) — VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, INDEX, MATCH
  • [Excel IF functions](/guides/excel-if-functions-guide/) — IF, IFS, AND, OR
  • [Fix formula errors](/guides/fix-excel-formula-errors/) — #N/A, #VALUE!, #REF!
  • [Pivot tables](/guides/excel-pivot-tables-guide/) — summarize and explore data
  • [Conditional formatting](/guides/excel-conditional-formatting-guide/) — visual KPIs

Excel formula guides

  • Excel Formulas for Beginners: Start learning Excel formulas with the essential functions, examples, and troubleshooting steps every beginner needs.
  • Best Excel Functions for Data Analysis: A practical guide to the Excel functions analysts use for cleaning, summarizing, looking up, and interpreting data.
  • Excel Lookup Functions Guide: Compare XLOOKUP, VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, INDEX, MATCH, and FILTER so you can choose the best lookup formula for each task.
  • Excel IF Functions Guide: Learn IF, IFS, SWITCH, AND, OR, and nested logic formulas for decisions, labels, flags, and business rules in Excel.
  • Excel Text Functions Guide: Clean, split, combine, and standardize text in Excel with TEXTJOIN, LEFT, RIGHT, MID, TRIM, CLEAN, and modern text formulas.
  • Excel Date Functions Guide: Work with dates, deadlines, business days, months, and age calculations using Excel date and time functions.
  • Fix Excel Formula Errors: Diagnose and fix the most common Excel formula errors, including #N/A, #VALUE!, #REF!, #DIV/0!, #NAME?, #NUM!, and #SPILL!.
  • International Excel Function Names: Understand how Excel function names, separators, and date formats can change across languages and regions.
  • Excel Pivot Tables Guide: Learn how to summarize, filter, and analyze large Excel datasets with Pivot Tables, calculated fields, grouping, and refresh best practices.
  • Excel Financial Functions Guide: Use Excel financial functions for loans, investments, net present value, and internal rate of return with practical formula examples.
  • Excel Conditional Formatting Guide: Highlight trends, thresholds, duplicates, and exceptions in Excel with conditional formatting rules, formulas, and data bars.
  • Top 20 Excel Search Queries (High-Value English Topics): Curated map of the twenty highest-value English Excel searches — VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, #N/A, pivot totals, and more — with direct links to in-depth guides.