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Excel's UNIQUE function can't skip columns—unless you use this trick

Nest CHOOSECOLS inside UNIQUE to extract non-adjacent columns, and use INDIRECT for interactive header dropdowns.
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Excel LAMBDA vs. SCAN: What's the difference and how do they work together?

People often confuse Excel's LAMBDA and SCAN functions because they often appear together in formulas. However, they aren't ...
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How to Use VLOOKUP & Search Functions Together in Excel

VLOOKUP and Search are two functions that Excel uses to search for text. VLOOKUP finds data in a column and returns the contents of an adjacent cell. Search finds data in a cell and returns the string ...
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MS Excel Secrets : Effortlessly Pair Data from Two Tables with Advanced Formula Magic

Imagine you’re tasked with analyzing two datasets—one containing a list of products and another with customer segments. How do you uncover every possible pairing to identify untapped opportunities?
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Create a dynamic to-do list with Excel’s checkboxes

Q. I currently keep a static to-do list, and I would like to update it to be more dynamic. Do you have any advice? A. Microsoft Excel is best known for crunching numbers, but it’s also a powerful tool ...
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Using Excel’s TEXTBEFORE AND TEXTAFTER functions to easily tame messy data

Q. How do the TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions in Excel work? A. Excel’s TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions allow users to quickly split up text in ways that used to require combinations of ...
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How to generate random text using the RANDARRAY() function in Excel

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