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The simple Excel function that decides if your formula spills or returns one value

For decades, Excel worked on a simple principle: you enter a formula into one cell, and it returns a single result into that ...

This Microsoft Excel Easter egg led to a wild conspiracy theory that Bill Gates was the Antichrist

Essentially, the email wields the Easter egg as evidence that Microsoft is concealing secret, Satanic messages inside its ...

3 Keys to Arizona State Subduing UCLA

TEMPE -- Bobby Hurley's Arizona State program (9-2) is one of the unheralded feel-good stories of the 2025-26 season so far, having defeated Texas Oklahoma, and Santa Clara to profile as an NCAA ...

I discovered a hidden Excel trick that turned my spreadsheet into Christmas magic

Here's how to create your own animated Christmas tree in Excel: Open up a new spreadsheet. Click the triangle button in the ...

This Ridiculously Detailed Spreadsheet Has Helped Me Stick to My New Year’s Resolutions for Five Years

From the most thorough travel plans to your fitness journey, if you have a goal, that goal needs a spreadsheet tab. It’s a ...
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I made a dynamic Excel timeline in 10 minutes (and you can too)

Inserting and customizing the timeline chart . It's now time to insert a line chart, which you'll adapt into a timeline chart ...

5 Hidden Excel Function Ideas for Cleaner, Quicker Sheets

Five hidden Excel rules show helper columns, LET, and LAMBDA in action, cutting errors and making updates quick for any growing sheet.
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Do the numbers in sports tell a story, or just settle a bet?

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. In any given year there are more than 500,000 American boys playing on almost 20,000 high school basketball teams, ...