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Creating drop-downs from table headers in Excel seems impossible—but this trick fixes it

Sync your drop-down menus with table headers using this robust, auto-expanding Named Range trick.
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Excel's UNIQUE function can't skip columns—unless you use this trick

Nest CHOOSECOLS inside UNIQUE to extract non-adjacent columns, and use INDIRECT for interactive header dropdowns.
ucdavis.edu

Direct vs. Indirect Costs: Federal Research Funding Explained

Funding direct costs supports the expenses that can be specifically identified with a particular project such as researchers, supplies and travel. Funding indirect costs supports the critical ...
TechCrunch

Function Health raises $298M Series B at $2.5B valuation

From electronic health records and blood tests to the stream of data from wearable devices, the amount of health information people generate is accelerating rapidly. Yet, many users struggle to ...
JournalofAccountancy

Using Excel’s TEXTBEFORE AND TEXTAFTER functions to easily tame messy data

Q. How do the TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions in Excel work? A. Excel’s TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions allow users to quickly split up text in ways that used to require combinations of ...
Reason

The Economy Doesn't Need Federal Jobs Data To Function

The delayed release of the BLS report has led to fearmongering about the economy's ability to function. Leila Fadel, host of NPR's Up First, said on Friday that "businesses and policymakers are flying ...
PC Gamer

Microsoft launches Copilot AI function in Excel, but warns not to use it in 'any task requiring accuracy or reproducibility'

Certain Windows 365 Copilot users now have access to a new feature in Excel that lets you use Microsoft's Copilot AI to generate formulas, but you might want to be careful how you use it. Microsoft is ...
ZDNet

Excel's new Copilot function turns your prompts into formulas - how to try it

A new COPILOT function in Excel lets you use AI in a formula. The new skill is now available to Microsoft 365 insiders. Reduces some of the complexity involved in creating formulas. Get more in-depth ...
GeekWire

Excel + AI: Microsoft brings new ‘COPILOT’ function directly into spreadsheet cells

Microsoft Excel’s new COPILOT function lets users generate, summarize, and analyze data directly in spreadsheet cells using plain-language prompts. (Microsoft Image) Microsoft is building generative ...