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How to Automatically Sync Microsoft Forms With Excel
Quick Links Syncing Microsoft Forms With Excel for the Web Syncing Microsoft Forms With Excel’s Desktop App Are you collecting data through Microsoft Forms and want to review and analyze the results in real time? Well, fortunately for you, Microsoft Forms syncs live with Microsoft Excel, meaning you can see and manipulate new entries as they come in. If your…
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How to Use Focus Cell to Aid Data Entry and Analysis in Excel
Excel’s Focus Cell feature is one of the program’s simplest yet most useful additions in recent years. It highlights the row and column of the active cell, helping you keep track of your position in the spreadsheet and making it easier to read across rows and down columns. As of December 2024, this feature is only available to Microsoft 365…
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Should You Show or Hide Gridlines in Excel?
Summary Excel’s gridlines help with data readability by guiding your eyes and helping you to avoid confusion. Hiding gridlines in Excel can enhance aesthetics, allow readers to focus on data, and provide a realistic print preview. Choosing to show or hide gridlines depends on the context, content, readability, and intended use of your spreadsheet. You may not have given Excel’s…
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Why You Still Need Excel Skills in Today’s AI World
Recently, I saw a reader comment that they’re not going to bother learning a new Excel function because Copilot can do the work for them. This made me wonder, “Do we still need Excel skills in today’s AI world?” After some thought, the answer was a resounding “YES!” Here’s why. Many Jobs Still Require Excel Skills Whether you want to…
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How to Add a Timestamp to Checkboxes in Excel
Excel’s checkbox tool helps you to manage your numbers, track task progress, and display data more clearly. One of Excel’s less-known gems is its ability to produce a timestamp when a checkbox is checked. Here’s how you can make this happen. Step 1: Format Your Table In my case, I have a list of individuals due to complete a task,…
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How to Hide Zero Values in Excel Charts
Editor’s note: In the video, Brandon Vigliarolo walks you through a couple of ways to suppress 0 values in Excel charts. For this demo, he uses Microsoft Office 365. The steps are similar to what Susan Harkins describes in the following tutorial. A drop to zero in a chart can be abrupt, but sometimes, that’s what you want. On the…
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Download our Excel PivotTables and PivotCharts Cheat Sheet
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Excel Is Introducing a Compatibility System for Old Spreadsheets
Microsoft is adding a Compatibility Version system to Excel. This system should prevent new features and bugfixes from breaking old spreadsheets, though it may prove to be an annoyance for Office 2024 buyers. File compatibility is always a concern when dealing with old, regularly-updated applications like Excel. A spreadsheet that you created in Microsoft Office 2016, for example, might look…
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Microsoft dismisses claims it’s using Word and Excel data to train AI
Microsoft has dismissed claims circulating online that it uses customer data to train its AI models, making it the latest firm forced to publicly clarify its AI policy. A blog post written by author Casey Lawrence initially voiced concerns, suggesting that Microsoft had implemented an ‘opt-out’ feature that, left unchecked, would allow the firm to use customer data in AI…
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10 Tips to Make Your Excel Spreadsheets Look Professional & Functional
Most Excel users would agree the program is a godsend when it comes to creating spreadsheets. Yet, the results can often be unnecessarily dull to look at. Thankfully, Excel comes with all the built-in tools you need to make your spreadsheets look polished, professional, and pleasing to the eye. Today, this is not just a nice to have but a…
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