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How to use the PivotTable Fields pane in Microsoft Excel

You can create a PivotTable in Excel from an external data source, a table in your worksheet, or a pre-built data model. To ...

Stop Using Basic Excel Drop-Downs : 5 Advanced Tricks For Dynamic Drop-Downs

Discover 5 advanced Excel drop-down techniques to create dynamic, auto-updating lists and improve your data management skills.
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Excel users: Boost your productivity with these game-changing hacks

While you're playing around with the settings in Excel, consider switching to dark mode. If you spend all day staring at spreadsheets and find the white Excel canvas gives you a headache, switching to ...

Excel’s New Clean Data Button Will Save You Hours : But There’s a Catch

Is Excel's Clean Data button the ultimate time-saver for messy spreadsheets? Find out how it works, its quirks, and how it compares to Power Query ...
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Using Excel’s TEXTBEFORE AND TEXTAFTER functions to easily tame messy data

How do the TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions in Excel work? A. Excel’s TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER ... I want my usernames in column B, so I place my cursor in B2, under the “Usernames” header, and use ...