Excel Tutorials by Y. Acosta

Excel Tip: How to Use Find & Replace to Remove Wildcard Characters in Excel (with video tutorial)

Y. Acosta — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 19:33:23 +0000

Did you know you can use Find & Replace to remove wildcard characters in Excel? You can use it to delete question marks, asterisks, or tildes – so long as you know the “special trick.” The Scenario You received a spreadsheet in which someone used asterisks to flag certain items. You, however, need to remove […]

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Randomize a List in Excel: Pick a Winner, Shuffle Data, and More!

Y. Acosta — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 21:31:18 +0000

If you need to use Excel to pick a random item from a list (say a winner for a contest), shuffle data so it’s in a random order, or any other project where you need to randomize a list, this tutorial is for you! Reasons you may want to randomize a list in Excel Needing […]

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Hidden Rows and Columns in Excel: The Art of Concealment

Y. Acosta — Mon, 22 May 2023 22:56:34 +0000

The Hide feature in Excel is an easy way to hide and unhide rows and columns of data that you don’t want to display on your sheet. This can help you focus only on what you need at any given moment. But hiding can also make you forget something is there – i.e., “out of […]

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How to Use the RANDARRAY Function to Generate Random Data in Excel (+ video tutorial)

Y. Acosta — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 18:46:34 +0000

If you use Microsoft 365 or Excel 2021, the RANDARRAY function just made generating random data sets in Excel a whole lot easier! Let’s take a look at this function. What is the RANDARRAY function? RANDARRAY is a dynamic array function that combines the features of the RAND and RANDBETWEEN functions, then adds even more […]

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How to Try the Latest Excel Features Before They’re Rolled Out (with video tutorial)

Y. Acosta — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 22:13:07 +0000

I recently got a few questions about how to access new features and beta tests in Excel. These followed the tutorial I did about an Excel beta that can help you keep leading zeros from disappearing. Let’s go over what steps you can take to help you get access to Excel’s new features, functions, and […]

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Excel Leading Zeros Setting (Beta) – with pictures + video tutorial

Y. Acosta — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 19:36:37 +0000

If using Leading Zeros in Excel feels like the bane of your existence AND you have joined the Office 365 Insiders program, you may have access to a Leading Zeros Beta. NOTE: Because this is a beta, there is no guarantee that it will be rolled out. Just something to keep in mind. What is […]

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Can You Really Hard-Code Phone Numbers in Excel??? (with video tutorial)

Y. Acosta — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 20:36:03 +0000

Trying to hard-code phone numbers in Excel from a list of phone values that were not correctly formatted can be tricky (if you don’t want to do it manually!). This is because Excel’s phone number formatting options don’t actually change the contents in the cell, they only make them look like phone numbers. But what […]

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How to Format Phone Numbers in Excel (with Video Tutorial)

Y. Acosta — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 23:59:59 +0000

By knowing how to format phone numbers in Excel, you can make your phone number values easier to read – with dashes, parentheses, periods, country codes, etc. In this tutorial, we’ll look at ways that you can apply phone number formatting to your Excel sheet. Important Note About Formatting in Excel When we apply formatting […]

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UNIQUE Function: Excel’s Unique Values Formula (+ video tutorial)

Y. Acosta — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 23:13:53 +0000

Using the UNIQUE function in Excel is one of the easiest ways to find unique values in your data. Currently only available to Office 365 users, this function works by returning a list of unique values from your data. Oh, and you can use it with numbers, letters, and most other characters! How to Use […]

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How to Make a Simple Goal Tracker in Excel (+ video tutorial)

Y. Acosta — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 23:38:09 +0000

Tracking the progress of your goals is key to achieving your goals. Below, you’ll see, step-by-step, how to track goals in Excel to make sure you’re getting them done! You’ll even see how to create a chart to help track the progress you’re making on your goals. How to Make a Goal Tracker in Excel […]

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