Excel Formulas From a Microsoft MVP!

Chandoo, who writes a blog called Pointy Haired Dilbert for charting and Excel tips, created a tutorial that makes learning Excel (2003 and 2007) formulas fast, easy and fun.  This workbook contains 75 of the most frequently used formulas that are explained in plain wording.  If you are new to Excel, want to brush up on some rusty formulas or want to learn some new ways to look at data, buy this ebook today.  For just $10, you can be using formulas that will save you hours worth of manual work in Excel.

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I personally use 63 or 84% of these formulas on a regular basis (yes, I counted).  It’s amazing to see the results when I show someone how to use the NETWORKDAYS, VLOOKUP. CONCATENATE or TRIM formula.

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6 Responses to “Excel Formulas From a Microsoft MVP!”

  1. Chandoo Says:

    Hi Tony… Thanks for such a good review

    @readers of Support Analytics: If you have some questions or doubts about this product, drop a comment here and I will answer them

  2. derek Says:

    What’s the use of CONCATENATE?

  3. Chandoo Says:

    @Derek: concatenate() or & operator are used to add up 2 or more texts

  4. Tony Says:

    @Derek – a good example would be:

    If you had “John” in column A and “Smith” in column B, you could use the concatenate function or & operator to combine them into one cell in a new column.

    =CONCATENATE(A1,B1)

    Or you can get fancy and add text to the middle and use the & operator. For example:

    =A1&B1 results in – John Smith
    =A1&”, “&B1 results in John, Smith

  5. derek Says:

    See, I don’t regard the & operator as fancy. I regard it as the complete replacement for CONCATENATE(), which I can only suppose is kept around for back-compatibility.

  6. Tony Says:

    When I said fancy, I was talking about adding the comma to separate the first and last name. The & operator is simply quick and easy. I never write out “concatenate” anymore, which I think was your point.