Make everyday spreadsheets more useful.

Use Excel to organize records, match lists, check calculations, and turn a spreadsheet into a useful report. Follow clear steps with example data and formulas you can copy.

Start with the task you need to complete: clean a list, find a matching record, work with dates, summarize a table, or check a mathematical result. Keep the original data and compare your output with a small worked example.

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Spreadsheet tables connected by lookup arrows and a summary chart.
Spreadsheet workflows connect clean tables, matching records, and useful summaries.Credit: MathBlog