In Excel, we have the VLOOKUP function to perform Lookup in Vertical direction (Rows) and the HLOOKUP function to Lookup in Horizontal direction (Columns). But for 2 Way Lookup? i.e. to perform Lookup in both columns and rows? No. Excel doesn’t have a dedicated function for this purpose. We should create the formula for 2…
Following are 10 different methods to create a Number Series (1, 2, 3,… 49, 50) in Excel. Excel Fill Handle to create Serial Numbers To create a number series like 5, 6, 7,… up to the number14, type 5 into a cell > 6 into the cell just below it > select these two cells…
This blog post is about 5 methods to remove formulas from an Excel worksheet without altering the results. In the following dataset we have formulas in the columns D and E. Let’s see how to remove the formulas in the columns D and E while keeping the results intact. Copy and Paste as Values To…
This blog post is about 4 different methods to Display Formulas in Excel. Following is the screenshot of the data used to explain the different ways for displaying formulas. Show Formulas button To display all those formulas used in a worksheet, go to the Formulas tab in the Excel ribbon and click on Show Formulas…
In this tutorial, I will show you 5 different ways to Extract only Numbers from a list of Strings. Following is a Table containing Text as well as Numeric Values and we will be using this data for explaining the different methods. FILTER Function to extract Numbers The ISNUMBER function in Excel can be used…
Changing the Column Width or Row Height automatically to fit the contents is called AutoFit in Excel. 4 different methods to AutoFit Rows and Columns in Excel are explained in this blog post and the following is the data used for explaining these methods. AutoFit Rows and Columns manually Select the entire Worksheet by clicking…
Following are 3 different methods to copy a Table from Excel to Word. Simple Copy and Paste To copy data from an Excel Worksheet to a Word Document, select the cells containing data > right-click > Copy go to the Word Document > right-click > select the first option (keep source formatting) listed under Paste…
Slicers are floating filters associated with PivotTable, PivotChart and official Tables in Excel. Apart from filtering data, Slicers also provide the current filtering status. In this blog post, we will see how to add Slicers for PivotTables and Excel Tables. We will also cover how to ‘Connect a Slicer to two or more PivotTables.’ Add Slicer for an…
In this blog post, I will show you how to hide the formulas used in an Excel Worksheet and display only the results of those formulas. Following is an Excel Worksheet used by a H.R Manager, for generating the Payslips of his colleagues. Before sharing this workbook with other executives, the H.R manager wants to…
There are 3 different types of protection in Excel. Protecting the Workbook, Protecting the Worksheet and Protecting the structure of the Workbook Protect an Excel File We can protect the content of an Excel Workbook by adding a Password to it. Go to the File tab in the Excel ribbon > Info > click on…