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Excel spreadsheet on a Windows laptop.
3 Excel formulas you’re still wasting too much time on

You don’t need more effort; you need better formulas.

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The Excel Analysis ToolPak with a Moving Average Chart on an Excel spreadsheet on a Dell laptop.
I replaced SPSS with a free Excel add-in that was already there — I just never looked

Not every research project needs SPSS, especially when Excel can do the job well.

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Excel and ChatGPT open on Windows 11 laptop.
I stopped reaching for ChatGPT when Excel could do it three times faster

I skipped the prompt, and saved time.

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Editing an Office Script in Microsoft Excel on a HP laptop.
This hidden Excel Automation feature is way more useful than it gets credit for

Excel automation isn’t just macros anymore.

Excel spreadsheet with XLOOKUP function in the formula bar and a thunder with Excel logo in the front.
Excel can now write its own formulas, and I haven't typed one since

Yes, Copilot turns plain English into working formulas.

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Outlook Rules
I set up 3 Outlook rules and my inbox mostly cleans itself now

I just taught my Inbox to clean itself

Word Design Tab
I stopped reformatting Word documents by hand after finding this tab

Stop fixing Word docs by hand — this tab does it instantly.

Obsidian and Microsoft Word apps open on a BENQ monitor
I stopped using Microsoft Word and write everything in Markdown now — this is my setup

Why Markdown replaced Word in my writing workflow.

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Sparklines in Microsoft Excel on Windows 11.
You’re ignoring one of Excel’s simplest and smartest visual tools

Small charts, big difference.

Android phone running OnlyOffice with a dark background
I stopped using Google Docs on mobile after finding this free Microsoft Office alternative

Google Docs and WPS have had years to fix mobile editing. They didn't.

Excel spreadsheet on a Windows laptop.
These 5 Excel functions are silently slowing down your spreadsheets — use these instead

They may look harmless, but they're certainly capable of turning your spreadsheets into traffic jams.

Microsoft Office 365 Online open on a HP Laptop
I stopped paying for Microsoft 365 six months ago and still don't miss it

The free Microsoft 365 web version is enough

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Excel Quick Analysis menu showing icons.
Excel's best shortcut has nothing to do with the keyboard — it's this box

Excel made things easier, I just never noticed.

A Solver report on an Excel Sheet.
Forget Goal Seek — this Excel tool does a lot more

Do yourself a favor and upgrade from what works to what works best.

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Picture of an Excel sheet with the Excel logo in the middle.
I use Excel every day and these are the features I'd be lost without

If it involves numbers, there’s a good chance I’ve already opened Excel and used one of these features for it.

The Get Data button in Excel
Excel's data validation is far more powerful than just dropdowns — here's what it can actually enforce

Custom formulas let you dictate exactly what goes into cells.

The Excel logo and a 4 by 3 transparent table on a blurred laptop background.
6 Excel habits I had to unlearn to get good at it

The difference between struggling with Excel and working smoothly is often just a few habits.

Excel sheet with a cell in focus.
Excel's SEQUENCE function made me realize I'd been wasting time manually filling date columns

It replaced my date-filling workflow, and I'm not going back.

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A formula bar in an Excel spreadsheet.
Those curly brackets in Excel aren't a glitch — here's what they actually mean

Nothing in your spreadsheet is there by accident.

Excel spreadsheet on a HP EliteBook.
6 Excel keyboard shortcuts I use every day that most people have never tried

You may be good at Excel, but you’re spending way too much time clicking around.

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