One of the most underused lookup and reference functions in Microsoft Excel is the DROP function. This powerful yet simple ...

When I first discovered Excel's dynamic array functions, my entire approach to spreadsheet design shifted. They replaced my clunky, multistep workarounds with smart, self-expanding formulas that adapt ...

Imagine you’re tasked with analyzing two datasets—one containing a list of products and another with customer segments. How do you uncover every possible pairing to identify untapped opportunities?

In addition to the new SORT function, you may also find the new FILTER and UNIQUE array functions useful. For example, the worksheet on the next page contains a detailed listing of invoices in columns ...

Microsoft Excel’s new FILTER() function is a great tool for reporting and dashboards. We’ll show you how to use it to get more done. Filtering is a huge part of many Microsoft Excel sheets, and ...

Have you ever found yourself buried under a mountain of Excel spreadsheets, painstakingly updating formulas every time new data comes in? It’s a common struggle, one that can turn even the most ...

Microsoft is expanding Excel with lists and arrays that hold multiple independently usable values in a single cell. Previously, the results of dynamic array formulas were distributed across adjacent ...

One of the most powerful features of Excel is the array—a formula designed to act simultaneously on sets of two or more values in order to calculate other values. Yet, because arrays appear to be ...

Microsoft is making some improvements to how formulas work in Excel, with a new feature called Dynamic Arrays that allows formulas to output values to more than one cell at a time. Microsoft has ...

Almost everyone who's entered data into an Excel spreadsheet has a rough idea of what a range is. It's one of those concepts you don’t need to study, since you pick it up naturally as you use the ...