Using Database Functions in Microsoft Excel
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Excel spreadsheets are useful, but did you know that by using database functions, you could get a lot more done with them in a relatively short period of time? Sure, it may seem difficult at first, but once you get the hang of it you'll wonder how you ever managed to get anything done before...and why it took you so long to stop doing things the old way. Keep reading to take a step or two out of your comfort zone.
Microsoft Excel is one the most versatile spreadsheet applications available to any office and engineering work. Amateur and novice users of this application are just content to make tables, perform some basic addition/subtraction and make minor use of basic Excel functions such as SUM.
Sadly, this continues to be true even if it takes them a WHOLE DAY to analyze gigantic spreadsheets, consisting of enormous amounts of data. The usual reasons given are the lack of skills needed to manipulate large amounts of information (called a "database") in a short span of time.
This is very a common problem in financial, engineering, academic and even in IT sectors. Working with a database in Excel is a daunting task at first; you can only be efficient if you know how to maximize the use of Excel database functions. Database functions in Excel are one of the most overlooked functions for both amateur and novice users.
This tutorial will focus on how to set up your data to comply with Excel database requirements, as well as how to analyze and maximize the information you get out of it in the easiest way possible. This will significantly increase your office productivity.
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