📘 Master Guide: Top 200 Excel Formulas & Tricks You Must Know
🧩 Section 1: Basic Formulas (1–25)
=SUM(A1:A10)
– Adds numbers.=AVERAGE(B1:B10)
– Calculates average.=MIN()
/=MAX()
– Finds minimum/maximum.=COUNT()
/=COUNTA()
– Counts numbers/non-blank cells.=IF(A1>10,"Yes","No")
– Basic conditional check.=ROUND(A1,2)
– Rounds to 2 decimal places.=INT()
– Removes decimal part.=MOD(A1,2)
– Returns remainder.=ABS()
– Absolute value.=NOW()
– Current date & time.=TODAY()
– Current date.=TEXT(TODAY(),"dd-mmm-yyyy")
– Format date.=LEN(A1)
– Length of text.=LEFT(A1,5)
– First 5 characters.=RIGHT(A1,5)
– Last 5 characters.=MID(A1,3,4)
– 4 characters from 3rd position.=TRIM(A1)
– Removes extra spaces.=CONCATENATE(A1,B1)
/=A1&B1
– Joins texts.=UPPER()
/=LOWER()
– Change case.=PROPER()
– Capitalizes first letters.=REPT("x",5)
– Repeats character.=SUBSTITUTE(A1,"old","new")
– Replace text.=FIND("word",A1)
– Position of word.=ISBLANK(A1)
– Check if empty.=ISNUMBER(A1)
– Check if numeric.
📊 Section 2: Intermediate Functions (26–70)
Includes:
- Logical Functions (
IFERROR
,IFS
) - Date & Time (
DATEDIF
,EDATE
,EOMONTH
) - Lookup & Reference (
VLOOKUP
,HLOOKUP
,INDEX
,MATCH
) - Text Functions (
TEXTJOIN
,SPLIT
using Power Query) - Math & Trig (
CEILING
,FLOOR
,POWER
,SQRT
)
📌 Section 3: Advanced Formulas (71–120)
- XLOOKUP – A powerful modern replacement for VLOOKUP.
- FILTER – Filter data dynamically.
- SORT – Sort ranges with formulas.
- SEQUENCE – Auto generate lists.
- UNIQUE – Get distinct values.
- LET – Improve formula performance.
- LAMBDA – Create custom functions.
🧠 Section 4: Productivity Tricks (121–160)
- Flash Fill
- Named Ranges
- Data Validation with Dropdowns
- Conditional Formatting with Formulas
- Dynamic Charts using OFFSET
- Goal Seek & Solver
- PivotTables & PivotCharts
- Quick Analysis Tool
- AutoFilter + Advanced Filter
- Freeze Panes / Split View
⚙️ Section 5: Automation & Error Handling (161–180)
- IFERROR, IFNA – Handle missing data
- Data Cleaning Tricks – Remove Duplicates, Find Blanks
- Dynamic Named Ranges
- Macros (VBA Basics) – Automate repetitive tasks
- Power Query for Data Transformation
🔐 Section 6: Security & Sharing (181–200)
- Password Protect Sheets
- Share and Track Changes
- Hide Formulas and Lock Cells
- Export to PDF
- Workbook Protection
- Commenting and Notes
- Collaboration via OneDrive or Teams
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