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How to Return the nth to Last Item in a List in Excel

Usually, you need to return the last or first item in a list, but every once in a while you may find yourself needing to return a...

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How to Count Colored Cells in Excel

While not a built-in Excel feature, we can create our own function to easily count colored cells. Contents: 1. How to Use VBA User...

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How to Highlight Cells Containing a Formula in Excel

To highlight any cell that contains a formula in an Excel workbook, there is a simple conditional formatting formula that can be used....

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How to Return the File Pathway of an Excel Workbook Using a Formula

Sometimes you'll find yourself needing to pull a file's pathway into your Excel sheet. Luckily there is a quick formula we can use to...

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How to Return the ASCII Number for Every Character in a Cell

The formulas below will take any text input and return the ASCII value of each character that comprises that string. Contents: 1....

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How to Round a Date to the First of the Next Month

Contents: Formula Explanation Example - Rounding Dates to First of the Next Month Formula = EOMONTH(date, 0) + 1 By feeding any date into...

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How to Round a Date to the First of the Previous Month

Contents: Formula Explanation Example - Rounding Dates to the First of the Previous Month Formula = EOMONTH(date, -2) + 1 By feeding any...

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How to Remove Date Data from a Time in Excel

Having dates associated with times in Excel can sometimes throw off time calculations. Luckily, there is an easy way to strip out date...

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How to Remove Time from a Date in Excel

Having time associated with dates in Excel can sometimes throw off date calculations. Luckily, there is an easy way to strip out time...

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How to Take the Average of Non-Zero Cells in Excel

Using the standard AVERAGE function with data that contains zeros can give you an incorrect average. Instead, we can use the AVERAGEIF...

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How to Extract Everything to The Right of a Specific Character in Excel

A lot of time spent in Excel is used to clean up data that may not be immediately useful into something valuable. Being able to break up...

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How to Calculate the Number of Days in a Month From a Date

A quick way to return the number of days in any given month using a formula. Contents: Formula Explanation Formula = EOMONTH(date,0) -...

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How to Return the End of the Month From A Date in Excel

Here is a quick formula that will allow you to return the end of the month from any date in Excel. Contents: Formula Explanation Example...

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How to Get the First Day of the Month From A Date in Excel

Here is a quick formula that will allow you to return the beginning of the month from any date in Excel. Contents: Formula Explanation...

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How to Extract The Year From any Date in Excel

When working in Excel, often times you'll want to be pulling a lot of information automatically from dates. There are a couple different...

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How to Extract The Month From any Date in Excel

When working in Excel, often times you'll want to be pulling a lot of information automatically from dates. There are a few different...

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How to Extract The Day From any Date in Excel

When working in Excel, often times you'll want to be pulling a lot of information automatically from dates. There are a few different...

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How to Pull Quarters Out of a Date in Excel

When doing any work with dates in Excel, often times you'll want to be able to split up your date into separate quarters. There is no...

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How to Round a Date to the First of the Nearest Month in Excel

Contents: Formula Explanation Example - Rounding Dates to First of the Nearest Month Formula = EOMONTH(date, (DAY(date) >...