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Excel Formulas
Find The End Of A Month With The EOMONTH Function In Excel
EOMONTH returns the last day of any month, leap years included. It first shows up as a serial number, and one extra line turns it into the first…
October 3, 2026 · Excel Formulas
Calculate An Age With The DATEDIF Function In Excel
DATEDIF counts the whole years, months or days between two dates, which is what an age needs. Excel hides it from autocomplete, so you have to type it…
October 2, 2026 · Excel Formulas
Convert Text To Capitals With The UPPER Function In Excel
UPPER converts every letter in a cell to capitals. It is often used to compare cells without case, which the equals sign already does on its own.
October 1, 2026 · Excel Formulas
Extract The Start Of A Text With The LEFT Function In Excel
LEFT returns the first characters of a cell. What it returns is always text, so digits it extracts will not add up until VALUE converts them.
September 30, 2026 · Excel Formulas
Sum With Several Conditions Using The SUMIFS Function In Excel
SUMIFS adds the rows that match every condition you give it. Its sum range comes first rather than last, which is what breaks a formula converted from SUMIF.
September 29, 2026 · Excel Formulas
Sum With A Condition Using The SUMIF Function In Excel
SUMIF adds only the rows that match a condition. If the sum range is a different size from the test range, Excel stretches it without warning and adds…
September 28, 2026 · Excel Formulas
Return A Value By Condition With The IF Function In Excel
The IF function returns one value when a test is true and another when it is false. Leave out the third argument, or test a number stored as…
September 27, 2026 · Excel Formulas
Insert The Current Date With The TODAY Function In Excel
TODAY takes no arguments and returns the current date. It is volatile, so a column meant as a record quietly rewrites itself every time the workbook opens.
September 14, 2026 · Excel Formulas
Check A Cell With The ISNUMBER Function In Excel
Two cells can hold the same characters and behave completely differently. ISNUMBER, ISTEXT and ISBLANK are the tests that say which repair a broken column needs.
September 14, 2026 · Excel Formulas