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I made a dynamic Excel timeline in 10 minutes (and you can too)

Transforming a simple line chart into an adaptable timeline is easier than you think.
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I Finally Mastered Excel Shortcuts—Here Are the Ones I Use Every Day

I've been gradually building up my Excel shortcut knowledge over time, and it has genuinely helped me work with spreadsheets more efficiently. Once you start incorporating shortcuts into your daily ...

Spreadsheets Get Intense in Viral Clips from the Microsoft Excel Championships

The 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championship finals, were held in Las Vegas on Dec. 2 to 3. According to their website, The ...

How to grey out unused cells in Excel

This guide describes how to grey out unused cells in Excel in Windows 11/10, apply a solid fill color, use Conditional Formatting, or hide unused rows/columns.

Excel Lookup Showdown, Use XLOOKUP for Fixed Lookups, VLOOKUP for Relative Columns

The XLOOKUP or VLOOKUP choice is tied to scenario, as most needs are fixed lookups, letting you save time with the simpler ...
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Why We Can’t Quit Excel

Before it took over her life, Leila Gharani mostly took Microsoft Excel for granted. She was working on a process optimization project for a large paper-products manufacturer—a job that, to hear her ...

Proton adds encrypted spreadsheets to its expanding productivity suite

Proton Sheets offers an alternative to businesses worried that data held in Excel and Google Docs will be used to train AI ...

What Happens In Proton Sheets Stays In Proton Sheets: All Your Data Is Encrypted

Proton has a new productivity app in Proton Drive called Proton Sheets, which is an end-to-end encrypted spreadsheet editor ...

5 Hidden Excel Function Ideas for Cleaner, Quicker Sheets

Five hidden Excel rules show helper columns, LET, and LAMBDA in action, cutting errors and making updates quick for any ...