Speed up Excel cleanup with smarter wildcards. We compare three methods and show start or end matching your lists actually need.

Learn when FILTER beats XLOOKUP, when it does not, and how to handle multiple matches, nth items, and multi-condition lookups with clear steps.

Filtering is a very important feature in Office Excel 2010, the spreadsheet software from Microsoft, because it enables you to view only rows that contain data that meets specific requirements, ...

Q. How do I use the FILTER function in Excel, and how is this an improvement over the filter feature? A. The FILTER function was introduced five years ago as part of the Excel Dynamic Arrays rollout.

Q. I have used the filter feature in Excel, but what does the Advanced Filter feature do? A. There is a simple filter feature available in Excel, which is very useful. However, sometimes you may need ...

Checking the error is the very first thing you need to do to fix this issue. Filters do not work properly when you have one or multiple errors in your spreadsheet. To ...

Can Excel sort by color? Absolutely. In addition to sorting by values, Excel can sort by cell color, font color, and cell icon. First, you must you must define the colors for your sort columns/fields.

Learn why Excel’s Advanced Filter sometimes returns partial matches — and how to control or fix it for precise data filtering ...

Microsoft Excel lets you store and manipulate data for business or personal purposes. The tools within Excel give you the ability to interpret data sets, similar to the kinds of interpretation you ...