Jun
10
Excel date functions with formula examples
This is the final part of our Excel Date Tutorial that offers an overview of all Excel date functions, explains their basic uses and provides lots of formula examples. Continue reading
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Jun
3
Using DATE function in Excel - formula examples to calculate dates
The tutorial explains the syntax and uses of the Excel DATE function and provides formula examples for calculating dates. Continue reading
May
28
Excel DATEDIF to calculate date difference in days, weeks, months or years
In this tutorial, you will find a simple explanation of the Excel DATEDIF function and a few formula examples that demonstrate how to compare dates and calculate the difference in days, weeks, months or years. Continue reading
May
20
Calculating weekdays in Excel - WORKDAY and NETWORKDAYS functions
This short tutorial explains the use of Excel NETWORKDAYS and WORKDAY functions to calculate workdays with custom weekend parameters and holidays. Continue reading
May
13
How to add and subtract dates, days, weeks, months and years in Excel
In this tutorial, you will find a variety of useful formulas to add and subtract dates in Excel, such as subtracting two dates, adding days, months and years to a date, and more. Continue reading
May
6
YEAR function convert date to year in Excel
This tutorial explains the syntax and uses of the Excel YEAR function and provides formula examples to extract year from date, convert date to month and year, calculate age from the date of birth and determine leap years. Continue reading
Apr
29
Calculating week number in Excel (WEEKNUM function)
In this short tutorial, we will briefly talk about the syntax and arguments of Excel WEEKNUM, and then discuss a few formula examples demonstrating how you can use the WEEKNUM function to calculate week numbers in your Excel worksheets. Continue reading
Apr
22
Using MONTH and EOMONTH functions in Excel - formula examples
The tutorial explains the nuts and bolts of Excel MONTH and EOMONTH functions. You will find an array of formula examples demonstrating how to extract month from date in Excel, get the first and last day of the month, convert month name to number and more. Continue reading
Apr
16
Excel WEEKDAY function: get day of week, weekends and workdays
There are a variety of functions to work with days in Excel. The day of week function (WEEKDAY) is particularly useful for planning and scheduling, for example to determine the timeframe of a project and automatically remove weekends from the total. Continue reading
Apr
8
How to convert date to text in Excel with TEXT function and without formulas
The article explains how to use the Excel TEXT function and a variety of other ways to convert dates to text in Excel. Continue reading
Mar
26
How to convert text to date and number to date in Excel
The tutorial explains how to use Excel functions to convert text to date and how to turn text strings into dates in a non-formula way. You will also learn how to quickly change a number to date format. Continue reading
Mar
18
How to insert dates in Excel - add today's date, auto fill a column with dates
This tutorial demonstrates various ways of entering dates in Excel. See how to insert today's date and current time as static or dynamic values, how to auto populate a column or row with weekdays, and how to auto fill random dates in Excel. Continue reading
Mar
11
How to change date format in Excel and create custom formatting
The first part of our tutorial focuses of formatting dates in Excel and explains how to set the default date and time formats, how to change date format in Excel, how to create custom date formatting, and convert your dates to another locale. Continue reading
Mar
4
Excel array formula examples for beginners and advanced users
The tutorial focuses on Excel array formula examples and demonstrates how to use Excel functions that support calculations in arrays to count cells that meet several conditions, sum values in every Nth row, count any given character in a range, and more. Continue reading
Feb
25
Excel array formulas, functions and constants - examples and guidelines
In this tutorial, you will learn what an Excel array formula is, how to enter it correctly in your worksheets, and how to use array constants and array functions in Excel. Continue reading
Feb
19
How to count the number of characters in Excel cells
Initially, Excel was designed to work with numbers. Fortunately, the developers of this helpful application didn't forget about text. Below, you'll find a number of formulas for counting characters in Excel. Just look through the examples and see which one best suits your needs. Continue reading
Feb
18
INDEX function in Excel - 6 most efficient uses
In this tutorial, you will find a number of Excel INDEX formula examples that demonstrate the most efficient uses of INDEX in Excel. Continue reading
Feb
11
Using OFFSET function in Excel - formula examples
The tutorial explains the arcane twists of the OFFSET function and covers the most efficient ways to use OFFSET in Excel. Continue reading
Feb
10
How to use INDIRECT function in Excel - formula examples
This Excel INDIRECT tutorial explains the function's syntax, basic uses and provides a number of formula examples that demonstrate how to use INDIRECT in Excel. Continue reading
Jan
28
Excel templates: how to make and use
Learn how to make your own Excel templates and where to find the best collections of free templates for your Excel such as calendars, budgets, invoices, inventory, charts, and more. Continue reading
Jan
21
How to calculate compound interest in Excel: daily, monthly, yearly compounding
The tutorial explains the compound interest formula for Excel and provides examples of how to calculate the future value of the investment at annual, monthly or daily compounding interest rate. You will also find the detailed steps to create your own Excel compound interest calculator. Continue reading
Jan
14
How to calculate percentage in Excel - formula examples
In this tutorial, you will lean a quick way to calculate percentages in Excel, find the basic percentage formula and a few more formulas for calculating percentage increase, percent of total and more. Continue reading
Jan
13
How to show percentages in Excel
In this short tutorial, you will find many helpful details about Excel percent format and learn how to make Excel display percentages in the way you want. Continue reading
Dec
17
Using logical functions in Excel: AND, OR, XOR and NOT
Last week we tapped into the insight of Excel logical operators that are used to compare data in different cells. Today, you will see how to extend the use of logical operators and construct more elaborate logical tests to perform more complex calculations and more powerful data analysis. Excel logical functions such as AND, OR, XOR and NOT will help you in doing this. Continue reading
Dec
10
Excel logical operators: equal to, not equal to, greater than, less than
Many tasks you perform in Excel involve comparing data in different cells. For this, Microsoft Excel provides six logical operators, which are also called comparison operators. This tutorial aims to help you understand the insight of Excel logical operators and write the most efficient formulas for your data analysis. Continue reading
Dec
3
Excel IF statement with multiple conditions
For powerful data analysis, you may often need to build an Excel IF statement with multiple conditions or use IF together with other functions. This tutorial will show you the most effective ways to do this. Continue reading
Nov
26
How to use IF function in Excel: examples for text, numbers, dates, blanks
IF is one of the most popular and useful functions in Excel. Generally, you use an IF statement to test a condition and to return one value if the condition is met, and another value if the condition is not met. Continue reading
Nov
19
How to use Pivot Tables in Excel - tutorial for beginners
In this Excel pivot table tutorial you will learn what a PivotTable is, find a number of pivot table examples that will help you to get started quickly and see how to create and use pivot tables in Excel 2016, 2013, 2010 and 2007. Continue reading
Nov
12
How to use Excel SUMIFS and SUMIF with multiple criteria
This tutorial explains the difference between the SUMIF and SUMIFS functions in terms of their syntax and usage, and provides a number of formula examples to sum values with multiple AND / OR criteria in Excel. Continue reading
Nov
4
How to use SUMIF function in Excel with formula examples
If you are faced with a task that requires conditional sum in Excel, the SUMIF function is what you need. It is a really great function that can help you make sense of an incomprehensible set of diverse data. Instead of adding up all numbers in a range, it lets you sum only those values that meet your criteria. Continue reading