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A. MurrayAdvanced Excel Formulashttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7125-4_4

4. You Need to Start Using Tables

Alan Murray1  
(1)
IPSWICH, UK
 

When working with structured data in Excel, it should be formatted as a table. Tables are a feature in Excel that make managing and analyzing a group of related data much easier. A range of cells can be converted into a table at the click of a button.

Working with tables vs. cell ranges is to compare today’s smartphone to a rotary dial telephone. The difference in the accessibility of the data, automation, and simplicity of use is remarkable. In fact, there are features in Excel such as Slicers and Power Query that require ...

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