<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><!-- generator=Zoho Sites --><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><atom:link href="https://www.djltraining.com/blogs/microsoft-excel/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>DJL Training, Inc - Blog , Microsoft Excel</title><description>DJL Training, Inc - Blog , Microsoft Excel</description><link>https://www.djltraining.com/blogs/microsoft-excel</link><lastBuildDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 05:16:46 -0700</lastBuildDate><generator>http://zoho.com/sites/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[DeLisa's Favorite Excel Resources]]></title><link>https://www.djltraining.com/blogs/post/favorite-excel-resources</link><description><![CDATA[Ever wonder where Excel experts go for help or which Excel sites they bookmark? In this post, DeLisa shares her favorite Excel websites, user forums, ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_QnNc6bITSz-sDgtJlo-rvA" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_n2d7TFquSheWQQUTg5ntZQ" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_n2d7TFquSheWQQUTg5ntZQ"].zprow{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-element-id="elm_pRGNioIcSy-ZU3mf1R5xOQ" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_yxl8eyWdnvaWDLvJo0znew" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items-flex-start zpjustify-content-flex-start zpdefault-section zpdefault-section-bg " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_yxl8eyWdnvaWDLvJo0znew"].zprow{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-element-id="elm_ATdSjrcWfxACBjHUGqJXzg" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-5 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- zpdefault-section zpdefault-section-bg "><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_ATdSjrcWfxACBjHUGqJXzg"].zpelem-col{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-element-id="elm_8gEuG8DWyKeU5RAHY84oMg" data-element-type="image" class="zpelement zpelem-image "><style> [data-element-id="elm_8gEuG8DWyKeU5RAHY84oMg"].zpelem-image { border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-caption-color="" data-size-tablet="" data-size-mobile="" data-align="center" data-tablet-image-separate="" data-mobile-image-separate="" class="zpimage-container zpimage-align-center zpimage-size-fit zpimage-tablet-fallback-fit zpimage-mobile-fallback-fit hb-lightbox " data-lightbox-options="
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</div></div><div data-element-id="elm_iE4b3wgYckzZslDwDBNdUw" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-7 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- zpdefault-section zpdefault-section-bg "><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_iE4b3wgYckzZslDwDBNdUw"].zpelem-col{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-element-id="elm_k3tUsYQ5VmZus3oSuXSJag" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_k3tUsYQ5VmZus3oSuXSJag"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-left " data-editor="true"><p><span style="font-size:18px;">Ever wonder where Excel experts go for help or which Excel sites they bookmark? In this post, DeLisa shares her favorite Excel websites, user forums, add-ins, and more! Feel free to share your favorites in the comments.</span></p></div>
</div></div></div><div data-element-id="elm_uWio55-f0smdp0LIVEwqZw" data-element-type="table" class="zpelement zpelem-table "><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_uWio55-f0smdp0LIVEwqZw"].zpelem-table{ border-radius:1px; } [data-element-id="elm_uWio55-f0smdp0LIVEwqZw"] .zptable{ width:100% !important; } </style><div class="zptable zptable-align-left zptable-header- zptable-header-none zptable-cell-outline-on zptable-outline-off zptable-style- " data-width="100" data-editor="true"><table style="height:226.5px;width:100%;"><tbody><tr style="height:128px;vertical-align:top;"><td style="width:23.0631%;vertical-align:top;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><a href="http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/microsoft-access/" title="MrExcel.com" target="_blank">MrExcel.com</a></span></td><td style="width:75.7658%;vertical-align:top;"><span style="font-size:18px;">At this site, you can access a community of thousands of Excel users who are more than happy to help you with your Excel challenges -- for free! (You can ask Access questions here too!) Click Message Board on the left. Create an account and post your questions to the message board.<br><br>DeLisa has been a member of the site since 2004. To follow her posts, search for user djl0525.&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr style="height:34px;"><td style="width:23.0631%;"><span style="font-size:18px;"> <a href="https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/topics/excel/" title=" GCFLearnFree.org" target="_blank">GCFLearnFree.org</a></span></td><td style="width:75.7658%;"><span style="color:inherit;font-size:18px;">Free tutorials, text and video, on a range of Microsoft Excel topics.</span></td></tr><tr style="height:14px;"><td style="width:23.0631%;vertical-align:top;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><a href="https://blogs.office.com/?filter=true&filter-product=excel" title="Microsoft Office Excel Blog" target="_blank">Microsoft Office Excel Blog</a></span></td><td style="width:75.7658%;"><span style="color:inherit;font-size:18px;">Get the latest news on Microsoft Excel updates and features!</span><br></td></tr><tr style="height:23px;"><td style="width:23.0631%;vertical-align:top;"><span style="color:inherit;font-size:18px;"><a href="http://peltiertech.com/" title="Peltier Tech Blog" target="_blank">Peltier Tech Blog</a></span><br></td><td style="width:75.7658%;"><span style="color:inherit;font-size:18px;">Want to take your Excel charts to the next level? Check out Jon Peltier's website. Jon is an Excel guru who specializes in Excel charts.</span><br></td></tr><tr style="height:80px;"><td style="width:23.0631%;vertical-align:top;"><span style="color:inherit;font-size:18px;"><a href="http://www.asap-utilities.com/" title="ASAP Utilities" target="_blank">ASAP Utilities</a></span><br></td><td style="width:75.7658%;"><span style="color:inherit;font-size:18px;">ASAP Utilities is one of the most popular add-ins for Microsoft Excel. An add-in is a small, yet powerful, program that fills the gaps in an application. ASAP Utilities has been around since 1999. Look at the Features page to see a description of all of the tools in ASAP Utilities.</span><br></td></tr><tr style="height:79px;"><td style="width:23.0631%;vertical-align:top;"><span style="color:inherit;font-size:18px;"><a href="https://support.office.com/en-us/article/examples-of-commonly-used-formulas-b45a3946-819e-455e-ac20-770ea6aa05da" title="Commonly Used Excel Formulas" target="_blank">Commonly Used Excel Formulas</a></span><br></td><td style="width:75.7658%;"><span style="color:inherit;font-size:18px;">This page at Microsoft.com contains links to articles and videos that show you how to create formulas from the data in your worksheet. The examples in the articles contain sample data to get you started and guidance to help you get the results you expect.</span><br></td></tr><tr style="height:0.5px;"><td style="width:23.0631%;"><span style="font-size:18px;"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;"><a href="https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Overview-of-formulas-in-Excel-ecfdc708-9162-49e8-b993-c311f47ca173" title="Overview of Formulas" target="_blank">Overview of Formulas</a></span></td><td style="width:75.7658%;"><span style="color:inherit;font-size:18px;">Want a better understanding of Excel formulas? Check out this overview page at Microsoft.com.</span><br></td></tr><tr style="height:50px;"><td style="width:23.0631%;vertical-align:top;"><span style="font-size:18px;"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;"><a href="https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Excel-functions-alphabetical-b3944572-255d-4efb-bb96-c6d90033e188" title="Excel Functions (alphabetically)" target="_blank">Excel Functions (alphabetically)</a></span></td><td style="width:75.7658%;"><span style="color:inherit;font-size:18px;">Did you know there are 460 functions in the latest versions of Excel? Browse them alphabetically at Microsoft.com.</span><br></td></tr><tr style="height:17px;"><td style="width:23.0631%;vertical-align:top;"><span style="color:inherit;font-size:18px;"><a href="https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Excel-functions-by-category-5f91f4e9-7b42-46d2-9bd1-63f26a86c0eb" title="Excel Functions (by category)" target="_blank">Excel Functions (by category)</a></span><br></td><td style="width:75.7658%;"><span style="color:inherit;font-size:18px;">Browse Excel functions by category at Microsoft.com.</span><br></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
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</div><div data-element-id="elm_EsqBxZJ7TVa-HhC03k1oTw" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style></style><div class="zptext zptext-align- " data-editor="true"><div><p>Check out this great new time-saving feature in Excel 2013.<span> <span>Flash Fill will follow a pattern to insert, extract, format and concatenate data for you. It works with text, numbers, dates and much more! No formulas required!</span></span></p></div></div>
</div></div></div></div></div></div> ]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2015 19:51:41 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Convert your Excel formulas to values]]></title><link>https://www.djltraining.com/blogs/post/Convert-your-Excel-formulas-to-values</link><description><![CDATA[Did you know you can replaces a formula with the value of the formula? Select a cell(s) containing a formula Copy Select your destination cell(s) Paste ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_iw8hnGC2QjSIzUdLSbw5vA==" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_BGULJQ6VRYSqWREoTeh4jw==" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_BGULJQ6VRYSqWREoTeh4jw=="].zprow{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-element-id="elm_yGzghxK2QhqmjaPQMWGr8g==" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-6 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_4VBUK-n2ANqGfx25auG9uw" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_4VBUK-n2ANqGfx25auG9uw"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-left " data-editor="true"><p><span style="color:inherit;font-size:18px;">Did you know you can replaces a formula with the value of the formula?</span><br></p></div>
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