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Instantly improve your Excel workflow with these simple techniques.

In this post, we’ll show you how to link checkboxes to multiple cells in Excel. Whether you’re managing a to-do list, tracking project progress, or designing a survey, checkboxes offer a simple yet ...

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A lot of people use apps like Microsoft Word to create documents with interactive checkboxes. For instance, you'd need to insert checkboxes if you're putting together a to-do list (and don't want to ...

Data wonks, rejoice! Pivot tables now automatically refresh themselves in a new beta version of Microsoft Excel. You might expect that pivot tables—which can be used to summarize rows and columns of ...

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Here's how to build smarter checklists in Excel using checkboxes, conditional formatting and task dependencies to help with multi-step processes. In my previous article in this series, I walked you ...