If Excel is not highlighting cells in the formula, enable 'Allow editing directly in cells' and 'Enable fill handle and cell drag-and-drop' in Excel options.

The lookup function in Excel can save you a lot of time and effort, but only if you actually know how to use its many forms and alterations.

Functions are the driving force of any Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, generating a single value or an array of results based on certain arguments you input. However, combining—or nesting—functions ...