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Happy Thanksgiving, if you’re celebrating tomorrow! And then it’s Black Friday, so get your shopping list spreadsheet ready for that!

  • Note: For some products mentioned below, I earn a commission on sales. That helps support the free tutorials on my site.

Holiday Planning and Shopping

We’ve already had one big snowfa...

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Twenty-five years ago, on November 15, 2000, I registered and launched my Contextures.com website. It had a few Excel tutorials, and a small selection of sample Excel files to download.

Sample Excel Files

In the screen shot below, there’s a list of four Excel files that you could download.

  • Employee Time Tracking – This has employee data, w...

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Before we dig into Modern Excel, can you please help me out? What, exactly, is “Modern Excel”? I can’t find a standard definition on the Microsoft site, or anywhere else!

What Is Modern Excel?

On the weekend, I watched a video meetup, “Modern Excel … a Replacement for the Spreadsheet?”

The video was interesting, and I’ve embedded it below, along...

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Are you taking the day off, to celebrate Microsoft Excel’s 40th birthday? Or will you have a big party with your co-workers, at the office or remotely?

And what were you doing on September 30, 1985, when the first version of Excel was released, for the Macintosh?

40 Days of Celebrating

Leading up to today’s birthday party for Excel, Microsoft’s ...

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You can make quick lists with Excel’s AutoFill feature. In the short video below, I show two tricks for making weekday lists – only the Monday to Friday dates, with no weekend dates included.

Video: Make Weekday Lists in Excel

In this quick video, I show two easy ways to make an Excel weekday list, with no weekend dates.

Both of these tricks use...

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