I've touched on a few of my favorite Excel functions that show me just how much the software can do. I'm sure you'll also have your own that make you feel like a magician whenever you use them.

Formulas are powerful tools for performing calculations and analyzing data in Excel. In this beginner’s guide, you’ll learn how to use formulas and explore some popular built-in functions.

Excel groups functions into 12 categories: Compatibility, Cube, Database, Date and Time, Engineering, Financial, Information, Logical, Lookup & Reference, Math & Trigonometry, Statistical and Text.

Note that the following content is based on Microsoft Excel 365 for PCs. Other versions of Excel may work differently. If you would like to follow along in using this function, you can download this ...

In Excel spreadsheets, complex formulas are difficult to enter without making mistakes. Microsoft Excel’s LAMBDA() function can make such errors easier to find.