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Below is a completely free business resource showing hints, tips and examples of best practice for Excel in business. Each month a new entry is added to the table. These spreadsheet tips are taken from Working Data's monthly newsletter. If you would like to join the mailing list for the newsletter and have the spreadsheet tips sent directly to you, please click here. If the topic or situation you are concerned with is not listed in the table, please contact us, and we will help you find the best solution.

Function

What does it do?

Example

SUMIF Compile and extract information based on your criteria Calculating your inventory value.
CountIF Extract Totals depending on your criteria How to extract information from your sales list which may help you get a discount from your supplier.
Web Stats #1 of 3 Analysing and Presenting Web Stats Pasting your website statistics into Working Data's free downloadable spreadsheet tool
Web Stats #2 of 3 Analysing and Presenting Web Stats, Referring sites Using the Working Data free downloadable spreadsheet tool to examine how your referring sites are performing.
Web Stats #3 of 3 Analysing and Presenting Web Stats, Keywords. Using the Working Data free downloadable spreadsheet tool to examine how your referring sites are performing.
Concatenate & Trim Manipulate and Tidy Entries. Preparing data for a mailshot.
Vlookup Cross-References data. Pulling data together from different files for a presentation
AND Search data by multiple criteria. Target your prospects.
SUMIF Compiles data depending on your criteria. Compiling sales data for a presentation.
IF Interrogates data. Interrogating sales figures.
VLookup Cross-References data. Pulling data together from different sources.
PivotTable Compiles and Analyses data. Compiling year-end sales figures.
Concatenate, Find, Length & Mid Manipulate and Tidy entries. Automate data entry and save time.