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Our 35 most popular examples:
1 Find Duplicates: This example teaches you how to find duplicates (or triplicates) in Excel.
2 Drop-down List: Drop-down lists in Excel are helpful if you want to be sure that users select an item from a list, instead of typing their own values.
3 Vlookup: The VLOOKUP function is one of the most popular functions in Excel. This page contains many easy to follow VLOOKUP examples.
4 Histogram: This example teaches you how to create a histogram in Excel.
5 Regression: This example teaches you how to perform a regression analysis in Excel and how to interpret the Summary Output.
6 Percent Change: The percent change formula is used very often in Excel. For example, to calculate the Monthly Change and Total Change.
7 Pareto Chart: A Pareto chart combines a column chart and a line graph. The Pareto principle states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.
8 Loan Amortization Schedule: This example teaches you how to create a loan amortization schedule in Excel.
9 Random Numbers: Excel has two useful functions when it comes to generating random numbers. The RAND and RANDBETWEEN function.
10 Remove Duplicates: This example teaches you how to remove duplicates in Excel.
11 Countif: The powerful COUNTIF function in Excel counts cells based on one criteria. This page contains many easy to follow COUNTIF examples.
12 Lock Cells: You can lock cells in Excel if you want to protect cells from being edited.
13 Standard Deviation: This page explains how to calculate the standard deviation based on the entire population using the STDEV.P function in Excel and how to estimate the standard deviation based on a sample using the STDEV.S function in Excel.
14 Count Unique Values: This example shows you how to create an array formula that counts unique values.
15 Gantt Chart: Excel does not offer Gantt as chart type, but it's easy to create a Gantt chart by customizing the stacked bar chart type.
16 Budget: This example shows you how to create a budget in Excel.
17 Line Chart: Line charts are used to display trends over time. Use a line chart if you have text labels, dates or a few numeric labels on the horizontal axis.
18 Transpose: Use the 'Paste Special Transpose' option to switch rows to columns or columns to rows in Excel. You can also use the TRANSPOSE function.
19 Correlation: We can use the CORREL function or the Analysis Toolpak add-in in Excel to find the correlation coefficient between two variables.
20 Time Sheet: This example teaches you how to create a simple timesheet calculator in Excel.
21 Offset: The OFFSET function in Excel returns a cell or range of cells that is a specified number of rows and columns from a cell or range of cells.
22 Pie Chart: Pie charts are used to display the contribution of each value (slice) to a total (pie). Pie charts always use one data series.
23 If: The IF function is one of the most used functions in Excel. This page contains many easy to follow IF examples.
24 Data Tables: Instead of creating different scenarios, you can create a data table to quickly try out different values for formulas. You can create a one variable data table or a two variable data table.
25 t-Test: This example teaches you how to perform a t-Test in Excel. The t-Test is used to test the null hypothesis that the means of two populations are equal.
26 Advanced Filter: This example teaches you how to apply an advanced filter in Excel to only display records that meet complex criteria.
27 Frequency Distribution: Did you know that you can use pivot tables to easily create a frequency distribution in Excel? You can also use the Analysis Toolpak to create a histogram.
28 Scatter Chart: Use a scatter chart (XY chart) to show scientific XY data. Scatter charts are often used to find out if there's a relationship between variable X and Y.
29 Anova: This example teaches you how to perform a single factor ANOVA (analysis of variance) in Excel. A single factor or one-way ANOVA is used to test the null hypothesis that the means of several populations are all equal.
30 Compare Two Lists: This example describes how to compare two lists using conditional formatting.
31 Compound Interest: What's compound interest and what's the formula for compound interest in Excel? This example gives you the answers to these questions.
32 Sumif: The powerful SUMIF function in Excel sums cells based on one criteria. This page contains many easy to follow SUMIF examples.
33 Bar Chart: A bar chart is the horizontal version of a column chart. Use a bar chart if you have large text labels.
34 Concatenate Strings: This example illustrates how to concatenate (join) strings in Excel. When joining text and a number, use the TEXT function to format that number.
35 Calendar: This example describes how to create a calendar in Excel (2019 calendar, 2020 calendar, etc). If you are in a hurry, simply download the Excel file.
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