Finding numbers with a comma format
Excel has a bug in its Find routine that you may have experienced. If you have formatted formula using the comma (,) number format which displays 1000 as 1,000 then you might struggle to find numbers of 1000 and above ...
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Sometimes when creating a spreadsheet you need to see where errors are coming from. In longer formula this can be difficult ...
& symbol and the TEXT function
Excel stores dates as numbers and when you try to use a date in a heading with the & symbol Excel will display the number, not the date ...
I have a data base that has five separate rows for each item. I can use VLOOKUP to find the first row's details, but how do I access the details in the other four lines?
This is an ideal situation to use the INDEX / MATCH function combination. These two functions work well together and allow you to do flexible lookups ...
I format many of my reports to zero decimal places. This means that in some cases the SUM function will show a different total than the displayed numbers indicated. If I format two numbers 5.5 and 7.5 with zero decimal places, they will display as 6 and 8 respectively. When summed that result is 13. Can I get the SUM function to SUM the displayed values, in this case 14?
The solution is your problem is an array formula. Many of the limitations of Excel's functions can be overcome by using an array formula ... |