Articles & Books From Excel

Cheat Sheet / Updated 04-21-2025
Whether you're just starting out with Excel or looking to sharpen your spreadsheet skills, this cheat sheet brings together some of the most practical tips you need for everyday use. It covers everything from quickly closing all your workbooks, doing instant calculations, and even using advanced search with regular expressions.
Microsoft 365 Excel For Dummies
Make Excel work for you with this brand new guide to spreadsheet essentials Knowing a little about Excel is essential for almost every profession. Knowing a lot about Excel makes you one of the most valuable people in the office. Microsoft 365 Excel For Dummies helps you build your spreadsheet skills as it walks you through the basics of creating a spreadsheet, organizing data, performing calculations, and creating charts and graphs in Microsoft's powerful spreadsheet software.
Article / Updated 04-21-2025
Excel templates are the unsung heroes of efficient spreadsheeting — like meal prepping, but for your data. Why start from scratch every time, when you can have a perfectly formatted, mistake-proof starting point? Plus, using templates saves you from the inevitable “Oops, I just saved over my clean master file” moment.
Microsoft 365 Excel Formulas & Functions For Dummies, 7th Edition
Turn Excel into an unstoppable data-and number-crunching machine.Microsoft Excel is the Swiss Army knife of apps. With over 470 built-in functions and countless custom formulas, the program can help make you the smartest guy or gal in any room. And now that it's been supercharged with Copilot—Microsoft's AI-powered helper—it's even easier to produce accurate and useful results anywhere, anytime.
Microsoft 365 Excel VBA Programming For Dummies
Your step-by-step guide to doing more with Microsoft Excel Fully updated for the latest version of Office 365, Excel VBA Programming For Dummies will take your Excel knowledge to the next level. With a little background in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) programming, you can go well beyond basic spreadsheets and functions.
Excel Dashboards & Reports For Dummies
It’s time for some truly “Excel-lent” spreadsheet reporting Beneath the seemingly endless rows and columns of cells, the latest version of Microsoft Excel boasts an astonishing variety of features and capabilities. But how do you go about tapping into some of that power without spending all of your days becoming a spreadsheet guru?
Excel Macros For Dummies
Save time and become an Excel wizard with the world’s leading Excel macro guide Do you love Excel and all the things you can do with it, but wish you could just work…faster? Excel macros—automated workflows that save you time and energy—might be just what you need. In Excel Macros For Dummies, you’ll learn over 70 of the most productive, time-saving macros in less time than it takes to back up the files on your computer!
Excel Power Pivot & Power Query For Dummies
Learn to crunch huge amounts of data with PowerPivot and Power Query Do you have a ton of data you need to make sense of? Microsoft’s Excel program can handle amazingly large data sets, but you’ll need to get familiar with PowerPivot and Power Query to get started. And that’s where Dummies comes in. With step-by-step instructions—accompanied by ample screenshots—Excel PowerPivot & Power Query For Dummies will teach you how to save time, simplify your processes, and enhance your data analysis and reporting.
Excel Data Analysis For Dummies
Turn jumbles of numbers into graphics, insights, and answers with ExcelWith Microsoft Excel, you can, well, excel at data analysis. And Excel Data Analysis For Dummies can help, with clear and easy explanations of the mountain of features for creating, visualizing, and analyzing data. PivotTables, charts, what-if analysis, statistical functions—it's all in here, with examples and ideas for Excel users of all skill levels.
Statistical Analysis with Excel For Dummies
Become a stats superstar by using Excel to reveal the powerful secrets of statistics Microsoft Excel offers numerous possibilities for statistical analysis—and you don’t have to be a math wizard to unlock them. In Statistical Analysis with Excel For Dummies, fully updated for the 2021 version of Excel, you’ll hit the ground running with straightforward techniques and practical guidance to unlock the power of statistics in Excel.