How-To Geek on MSN

How to randomize rows in an Excel table without scrambling your data

Whether you're assigning random shifts, anonymizing a study, or shuffling a deck, randomizing rows in an Excel table manually ...

Master Sharpe Ratio Calculation in Excel for Better Investing

Learn to calculate the Sharpe Ratio in Excel for insightful investment analysis. Our guide will help you assess risk versus ...

How to Easily Calculate Weighted Average in Excel

Learn how to calculate weighted averages using Excel for various financial metrics. Simplify complex calculations with our ...

Excel tip: Define cell names to cut errors and speed up your formulas

Using the example in our spreadsheet or a similar spreadsheet, highlight all the revenue numbers in the sheet and then in the ...

Build Faster Excel Workflows Using FILTER, IFS, XLOOKUP, and LET for Real-World Data

Learn the difference between Excel COUNT and COUNTA, plus TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER tricks, so you clean text and totals with ...
How-To Geek on MSN

How to use the SCAN function in Microsoft Excel to calculate running totals

The SCAN function lives in a single cell and spills the results down the column, ensuring my totals are always structurally and mathematically correct. The SCAN function has three arguments: ...