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Don't trust Excel's COUNTA function to count non-blank cells—here's a better method

In most counting scenarios in Excel, COUNTBLANK reliably counts blank cells, and COUNTA reliably counts populated cells.

I discovered a hidden Excel trick that turned my spreadsheet into Christmas magic

Here's how to create your own animated Christmas tree in Excel: Open up a new spreadsheet. Click the triangle button in the ...
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How to fix the #SPILL! error in Microsoft Excel

There are two ways to fix this cause of the #SPILL! error. First, select the entire spill range (or at least the cell or ...

From Spreadsheets to Sales : Create a Working CRM Inside Excel

Create a CRM using Excel with dropdown customer selection and FILTER plus XLOOKUP, saving time while keeping leads and deals ...