When you dive into the world of Excel, you quickly realize the power of its functions. Among these, the INDEX & MATCH formulas stand out as incredibly versatile tools for data lookup and retrieval.

W hen writing formulas in Excel, SUM and VLOOKUP are staples for beginners. But since Excel has over 400 functions, it's helpful to know more of the extremely useful ones, especially when looking to ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Once you have mastered VLOOKUP in Excel it's time to move on to INDEX/MATCH. This formula combination gives the same results but without the problems of VLOOKUP.

We've been writing a lot about Microsoft Excel formulas. The program is the gold standard of programs. It's elegant, ubiquitous, and outstandingly powerful. American business lives and dies by the ...