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How to Use the VALUE Function in Microsoft Excel

Excel's VALUE function has only one argument: where a is the value stored as text that you want to convert into a number.

Reverse COUNTIFS : Excel Trick Will Change How You Analyze Data

Learn how the reverse COUNTIFS method can simplify data checks, save time, and enhance your Excel skills with binary outputs.
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Excel's Custom Data Validation: A Trick You Didn't Know You Needed

If you've used data validation in Excel before, you probably selected the relevant cells, clicked "Data Validation" in the ...
The Verge

Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word

A new Agent Mode comes to Office apps today, alongside an Office Agent in Copilot chat. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 ...
Wall Street Journal

Deal to Keep TikTok in U.S. Is Near. These Are the Details.

President Trump said Chinese leader Xi Jinping approved a deal for a group of American investors to take control of TikTok’s U.S. operations. Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images The future of TikTok ...
Midland Reporter-Telegram

Texas signs voter data-sharing pacts with 9 states to curb duplicate registrations

Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson announced that Texas has entered into memorandums of understanding with nine other states in order to share voter registration data, as well as strengthen efforts ...
ZDNet

Excel's new Copilot function turns your prompts into formulas - how to try it

A new COPILOT function in Excel lets you use AI in a formula. The new skill is now available to Microsoft 365 insiders. Reduces some of the complexity involved in creating formulas. Get more in-depth ...
Benzinga.com

US Facebook Users To Receive Settlement Checks In $725 Million Data Privacy Case—Check If You Are Eligible

Millions of users of Meta Platforms‘ (NASDAQ:META) Facebook in the U.S. are set to receive their long-awaited compensation for a data privacy breach that occurred over a decade. The distribution of ...
NBC News

How the White House's claims about D.C. homelessness compare to the data

About 70 homeless encampments in the nation’s capital have been taken down in recent months, but those efforts intensified this week after President Donald Trump deployed members of the National Guard ...
IEEE

An Enhanced Density Peak Clustering Algorithm With Dimensionality Reduction and Relative Density Normalization for High-Dimensional Duplicate Data

Abstract: Cluster analysis is a fundamental method for studying big data problems, as it groups samples based on shared features. In cluster analysis, a particular class of big data problems is ...
JournalofAccountancy

Quickly clean data with Excel’s TRIMRANGE and trim references

Q. How do the TRIMRANGE function and trim references in Excel work? A. Excel’s TRIMRANGE function and trim references help users quickly tidy up datasets. This makes for a cleaner, easier-to-follow, ...
The Washington Post

How AI is impacting 700 professions — and might impact yours

Will AI help you work or replace you? Check yourself. July 28, 2025 Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. That ...