Enhance your sales predictions using Excel's regression analysis tools and improve decision-making with data-driven insights.

Microsoft Excel can generate trend lines based on data you provide, and in doing do, calculates the equation of the trend line. This equation can be accessed using Excel's built-in Visual Basic tools.

One well-known function for prediction in Excel is the FORECAST function. It uses linear regression for prediction and is best suited to forecast general trends or directions.

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