Diarmuid Early won first place in the 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championship. He has some pointers for using Excel at work.

For many, the start of a new year is a time to take stock. For Microsoft, it was a time to stop giving it as the company ...

To make the most of the UNIQUE function, you should make sure your array is in an Excel table. By using a table name rather ...

Learn the difference between Excel COUNT and COUNTA, plus TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER tricks, so you clean text and totals with ...

If Excel is not recognizing functions after reboot, change calculation settings, disable Show Formula, run Excel ...

The SCAN function lives in a single cell and spills the results down the column, ensuring my totals are always structurally and mathematically correct. The SCAN function has three arguments: ...

Microsoft is set to integrate Copilot directly into Microsoft Excel to assist users with formula creation, marking another ...

FORECAST.ETS applies an exponential triple smoothing (ETS) algorithm to create forecasts that can include trend and seasonal ...

If Word, Excel, PowerPoint automatically reset settings on exit, follow these instructions e.g. check folder and Reigtsry ...

For anyone who lives inside Word docs, Excel sheets, PowerPoint decks, or Outlook emails, this upgrade actually makes life ...

TL;DR: Free productivity apps are fine—until they aren’t. Get a lifetime of Microsoft Office’s Word, Excel, PowerPoint, ...

Learn to calculate the Sharpe Ratio in Excel for insightful investment analysis. Our guide will help you assess risk versus ...