90% of jobs require Excel skills.

But most people underestimate its importance.

Here're 7 Excel hacks you don't want to miss: 🧵 👇🏻

1. Quick Data Analysis:

• Select a cell in your data.
• Home > Analyze Data.
• Choose an option and click Insert PivotChart.

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2. Freeze columns/rows:

• Select the cell below and to the right of what you want to freeze
• Click View > Freeze Panes > Freeze Panes



3. If Function

• Open Excel and choose a cell.
• Insert IF function.
• Apply and repeat conditions.
• Close bracket and press Enter.

4. Quick Data Analysis:

• Select a cell in your data.
• Home > Analyze Data.
• Choose an option (Rank, Trend, Outlier, Majority) and click Insert PivotChart.

5. Format numbers in cells:

• Press CTRL + 1 and select Number.
• Right-click the cell or cell range, select Format Cells… , and select Number.
• Select the small arrow, dialog box launcher, and then select Number.

6. Creating Excel formulas:

• Select a cell and Type "="
• Type a cell or function (e.g., SUM)
• Add an operator or range
• Press Enter to see the result in the cell; the formula appears in the Formula bar

7. SUMIFS function:

• Select an empty cell.
• Determine the initial cell range.
• Determine the SUMIF criteria.
• Determine your sum_range criteria.

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