Using conditional formatting with custom Excel formulas

Conditional formatting is an effective Microsoft Excel feature that allows you to highlight important information, for example; the ability to find duplicate values within your spreadsheet. You can create your own rule by applying conditional formatting to individual cells or a range of cells. When you have selected the data you want to format, you […]

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Are you seeing the wood for the trees, or rather, the information for the data?

Perhaps you’re an implementer like myself. You get a high from setting things in motion, singling out the areas where you can make the biggest difference, and attacking those relentlessly. Perhaps though, you can get so lost in the implementation and detail of your tasks or ideas, that your bigger picture field of view is […]

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SMEs need insight into data as much as big companies—if not more

In a climate of economic volatility, changing consumers, and globalized competition, small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) perhaps need access to accurate, actionable business insight into data even more than bigger enterprises do. Most SMEs are operating on tight margins and don’t have endless reservoirs of cash and credit. They need up-to-the-minute information about trends in […]

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