Excel Shortcuts
Excel Shortcuts
GENERALLY HELPFUL (1 OF 2)
TRIM: Used in data cleaning to remove leading LEFT: Used to grab some number of
or trailing blanks that are often difficult to see in characters starting from the left of the cell
the source data contents
Syntax: Syntax:
TRIM(Cell Reference) LEFT(Cell Reference,char num)
RIGHT: Used to grab some number of MID: Used to grab some number of characters
characters starting from the right of the cell starting from a designated count from the left
contents of a cell's contents
Syntax: Syntax:
RIGHT(Cell Ref,char num) MID(Cell Ref,Start Num, Char Num)
YEAR: Used to extract the year from a date. EOMONTH: Used to derive the last day in a
Similar to MONTH, DAY, and other related month determined by a dated cell and a
functions specific number of months to roll forward.
Syntax: Syntax:
YEAR(Date Reference) EOMONTH(Date Cell, Months)
TEXT: Incredibly useful function for a variety of Not CONCATENATE: Instead of the
things, namely in extracting specialized formats CONCATENATE or CONCAT functions, use
from cells. the ampersand (&) to join strings and cell
contents to create something new.
Syntax:
TEXT(Cell Reference, Format) Syntax:
Cell&"Text 1"&Cell&"Text2"
VALUE: Used to extract the TEXTJOIN: Used to combine an array of values into
value from a value stored as text. one string with custom delimiter and empty cell rule
Helpful if you want to maintain options.
original data.
Syntax:
Syntax: TEXTJOIN(delimiter,empty cell rule, array)
VALUE(Text Reference)
MINIFS/MAXIFS: Used to extract the minimum/maximum value from an array meeting specific
criteria
Syntax:
MINIFS/MAXIFS(Value Array, Criteria range 1, Criteria 1, Criteria Range N, Criteria N)