intermediate – HowtoExcel.net https://howtoexcel.net Analytics. Automation. Process Improvement. Fri, 05 Sep 2025 06:35:43 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://howtoexcel.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/h2eicon.png intermediate – HowtoExcel.net https://howtoexcel.net 32 32 15 Excel Functions Accountants Should Know https://howtoexcel.net/2023/03/15-excel-functions-accountants-should-know.html Tue, 28 Mar 2023 04:19:52 +0000 http://axb.srl.mybluehost.me/?p=7784 If you’re an accountant, you know that working with large amounts of data can be a daunting task. But with Excel, that work can get a whole lot easier and more efficient. Understanding Excel’s advanced features and functions can improve productivity, reduce errors, make your work more accurate, and most importantly — save you time. […]

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]]> How to Calculate Stock Returns https://howtoexcel.net/2021/10/how-to-calculate-stock-returns.html https://howtoexcel.net/2021/10/how-to-calculate-stock-returns.html#respond Wed, 13 Oct 2021 06:49:30 +0000 http://axb.srl.mybluehost.me/?p=6301 In this post, I’ll show you how you can calculate stock returns using Google Sheets. However, you can use a similar approach in Excel by using the STOCKHISTORYFUNCTION. First thing’s first — let’s pull in the historical data For this example, I’m going to pull in the S&P 500’s historical values to see how the […]

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]]> https://howtoexcel.net/2021/10/how-to-calculate-stock-returns.html/feed 0 How to Use Tags in Excel https://howtoexcel.net/2021/10/using-tags-in-excel.html https://howtoexcel.net/2021/10/using-tags-in-excel.html#respond Thu, 07 Oct 2021 01:50:23 +0000 http://axb.srl.mybluehost.me/?p=6279 Did you know that you can group numbers in Excel using tags? By just listing all the categories an item should belong to, you can make it easier to group them. In this post, I’ll show you how you can use tags in Excel to efficiently summarize different categories. Creating tags Suppose you wanted to […]

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]]> https://howtoexcel.net/2021/10/using-tags-in-excel.html/feed 0 Create an Excel Drop Down List Without Blanks https://howtoexcel.net/2021/04/dropdown-lists-in-excel-without-blanks.html https://howtoexcel.net/2021/04/dropdown-lists-in-excel-without-blanks.html#respond Wed, 21 Apr 2021 16:54:52 +0000 http://axb.srl.mybluehost.me/?p=5367 In a previous post, I covered how to create a form in Excel. Although I didn’t go over drop down lists specifically, they are one element you could incorporate into them. The problem is that your list can change over time, getting bigger or smaller. And that can make it difficult to maintain if your […]

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]]> https://howtoexcel.net/2021/04/dropdown-lists-in-excel-without-blanks.html/feed 0 How to Add a Secondary Axis in Excel https://howtoexcel.net/2021/04/how-to-add-a-secondary-axis-in-excel.html https://howtoexcel.net/2021/04/how-to-add-a-secondary-axis-in-excel.html#respond Wed, 14 Apr 2021 01:59:13 +0000 http://axb.srl.mybluehost.me/?p=5348 Charts can be great tools to help visualize data. And sometimes, you will want to combine different types of information in one place. That can be tricky because if the scales are different, information may not display the way you would like it to. If something is shown in percentages while another value is in […]

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]]> https://howtoexcel.net/2021/04/how-to-add-a-secondary-axis-in-excel.html/feed 0 How to Create a Form in Excel https://howtoexcel.net/2021/04/how-to-create-a-form-in-excel.html https://howtoexcel.net/2021/04/how-to-create-a-form-in-excel.html#respond Wed, 07 Apr 2021 06:15:35 +0000 http://axb.srl.mybluehost.me/?p=5282 In a previous post, I covered how to add checkboxes. Now, I’m going to go a step further and show you how you can create a form in Excel from start to finish. And at the bottom of the page, you can download a file that you can use for your own custom forms. It […]

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]]> https://howtoexcel.net/2021/04/how-to-create-a-form-in-excel.html/feed 0 How to Add Checkboxes in Excel https://howtoexcel.net/2021/03/how-to-add-checkboxes-in-excel.html https://howtoexcel.net/2021/03/how-to-add-checkboxes-in-excel.html#respond Wed, 31 Mar 2021 05:48:38 +0000 http://axb.srl.mybluehost.me/?p=5266 One way you can make a form in Excel more user-friendly is by adding checkboxes to it. There are a few different ways you can do this which I’ll cover and I will also show you how you might incorporate this into a sample pricing sheet. What you need to do first before you can […]

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]]> https://howtoexcel.net/2021/03/how-to-add-checkboxes-in-excel.html/feed 0 How to Get Stock Quotes From Yahoo Finance Using Power Query https://howtoexcel.net/2021/03/how-to-get-stock-quotes-from-yahoo-finance-using-power-query.html https://howtoexcel.net/2021/03/how-to-get-stock-quotes-from-yahoo-finance-using-power-query.html#respond Thu, 18 Mar 2021 08:10:06 +0000 http://axb.srl.mybluehost.me/?p=5050 There are a few different ways you can pull stock prices into Excel. You can use the new STOCKHISTORY function, pull data from Google Sheets which has a native stock function, or you can also use Power Query. In this post, Power Query is what I am going to focus on and show you how […]

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]]> https://howtoexcel.net/2021/03/how-to-get-stock-quotes-from-yahoo-finance-using-power-query.html/feed 0 How to Make a Map Chart in Excel https://howtoexcel.net/2021/02/how-to-make-a-map-chart-in-excel.html https://howtoexcel.net/2021/02/how-to-make-a-map-chart-in-excel.html#respond Sat, 20 Feb 2021 02:55:20 +0000 http://axb.srl.mybluehost.me/?p=4848 If you’re creating a dashboard or just want to visualize your data by what part of the world it’s coming from, a map chart can be a great way to accomplish that. Below, I’ll show how you can use a map chart to show data points at regional and global levels. And while you technically […]

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