Microsoft Excel tips and tricks

• Excel adds new argument to XLOOKUP

  Though not yet generally available, the new function gets a rare syntax shakeup.

• How to build an Excel model for revising forecasts

  With a little algebra and a lot of flexibility, spreadsheet builders can set up a forecasting model that handles simultaneous changes in multiple parameters.

• Excel unveils function that improves on VLOOKUP

  They aren’t yet generally available, but they look like an X-cellent matched set.

• Meet this year’s teenage Excel champion

  The winner of a global student competition offers simple tips for the average user to get the most out of Microsoft’s spreadsheet application.

• How to reference formulas in the same Excel worksheet

  When it comes to crafting the most effective spreadsheets, modellers are wise to remember that less can be more.

• How to properly date an Excel model

  A formula-based approach can allow spreadsheet modellers to build a full financial time series from just three lines of data.

• MOD-elling periodic transactions in Excel

  Spreadsheet modellers can use the MOD function to obtain residuals and handle calculations at regular time intervals.

• Find the real value with this Excel technique

  Learn the spreadsheet skills necessary to determine pre-tax cost of equity and net present value for assets, businesses, and more.

• How to reference formulas in same Excel worksheet

  Spreadsheet modellers should take care to remove unneeded mentions of the current worksheet name.

• Talking 'dirty' about volatile functions in Excel

  To speed up Excel workbooks, modellers should plan to keep the number of volatile functions and range names to a manageable minimum.

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