Excel is a great tool for integrating various financial statement analyses and
presenting the results in a way that emphasizes unusual trends.
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Use Excel to automate financial statement analysis
By organizing source data into Excel tables and using structured formulas, you can refresh the analysis simply by pasting new statements into the model, without rewriting formulas or rebuilding schedules.
Use Excel dynamic arrays to build a revenue-testing schedule that auto-refreshes
This article shows how to use dynamic arrays in Excel to build a revenue-testing schedule that auto-refreshes.
Excel’s Dark Mode: A subtle change that makes a big difference
This column takes a look at Microsoft Excel’s
Dark Mode.
Create interactive dashboards with Excel PivotCharts and slicers
You can use Excel for creating interactive dashboards using PivotCharts combined with slicers to transform traditional, static reports into dynamic tools.
How CPAs can use exponential smoothing in Excel for better forecasts
This month’s column shows how to produce more accurate forecasts using exponential
smoothing in Excel.
Detecting anomalies with Benford’s Law in Excel
This article shows how to apply Benford’s Law to a dataset in Excel and how to interpret the results.
Using TEXTSPLIT to dissect Excel text strings
TEXTSPLIT is a very useful function for breaking down text cells that contain different lengths of text and delimiters.
Using Excel’s TEXTBEFORE AND TEXTAFTER functions to easily tame messy data
Excel’s TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions allow users to quickly split up text in ways that used to require combinations of functions like LEFT, RIGHT, MID, and FIND, leading to some confusing formulas.
Using 3 Excel View tools to manage large spreadsheets
This month’s column shows how you can use Microsoft Excel’s View features to more easily
navigate big datasets.
Create a dynamic to-do list with Excel’s checkboxes
Checkboxes can help you create interactive to-do lists and other types of lists that track progress.
Quickly clean data with Excel’s TRIMRANGE and trim references
The TRIMRANGE function eliminates blank rows or columns from the boundaries of a specified range. This can be helpful when importing data from external sources, which can result in inconsistent formatting.
3 ways to use ChatGPT-4o with Excel
This column looks at three ways to use
ChatGPT-4o with Excel.
Say bye to PivotTables with Excel’s new PIVOTBY function
This column introduces PIVOTBY, a new Excel function that may let you say bye-bye to PivotTables.
Using Excel’s GROUPBY function as a PivotTable alternative
This month’s column introduces Excel’s GROUPBY function as a PivotTable alternative.
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