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The Excel Reference Guide

The most comprehensive Excel quick reference for finance and analytics professionals. Comes in full color and printer friendly.

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  • 100 keyboard shortcuts
  • 41 functions with live examples and syntax
  • Cleaning: TRIM, LEFT, RIGHT, MID, TEXTSPLIT, SUBSTITUTE
  • Lookups: XLOOKUP, XMATCH, FILTER, INDEX/MATCH
  • Calculations and logic: SUMIFS, COUNTIFS, IF, IFS
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A 4-video series on YouTube you can follow along with, download the source file, and start building real analytics skills today.

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