Microsoft Excel is capable of counting the number of cells that contain numbers, so if there was a time when you chose to manually count cells, then such days are over. That is because it is possible ...

Mastering Excel goes far beyond SUM and VLOOKUP. By learning functions like COUNT, AVERAGE, SUMIF, SUBTOTAL, XLOOKUP, and INDEX/MATCH, you can find opportunities to improve your Excel sheet. Some ...

Microsoft Excel allows you to crunch massive quantities of data easily through the use of functions. Sometimes you need to know the number of actual data points without counting blank cells. As an ...

You know how to count words in Word and Powerpoint. Have you ever wondered how you can count words on Microsoft Excel? Is there an option to count words or is there a formula to do so? In this guide, ...

How to conditionally count the number of times any value occurs in Excel Your email has been sent Specifying the conditional count of a value sounds like a daunting task, but two Excel functions make ...

Just about everyone knows Microsoft Excel is a great tool for doing fast calculations in a worksheet. What small business owners don't know is that Excel can also count. Regardless of what kind of ...

The COUNTIFS function in Excel is a powerful and versatile tool for counting cells based on multiple criteria. It offers a significant advantage over the COUNTIF function, which is limited to handling ...

Count the number of Excel records that fall between two dates Your email has been sent Many records include a date stamp of some sort. Usually the date marks an event or the input date. Either way, ...

TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER are a few more of my favorite Excel functions to clean messy spreadsheets. Excel's newer text ...

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