Excel Formulas Cheat Sheet

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Excel Pro Tips

F4 Key: Toggle between absolute and relative references ($A$1, A$1, $A1, A1)

Ctrl + Shift + Enter: Enter array formulas (older Excel versions)

F9 Key: Calculate formulas manually when set to manual calculation mode

Ctrl + `: Toggle between formula view and result view

LEN()

Text Functions

Returns the length of text

Syntax:

=LEN(text)

Examples:

=LEN(A1)

Count characters in cell A1

=LEN("Hello World")

Returns 11 (including space)

=LEN(TRIM(A1))

Length after removing extra spaces

Note: Counts all characters including spaces

CLEAN()

Text Functions

Removes non-printable characters from text

Syntax:

=CLEAN(text)

Examples:

=CLEAN(A1)

Remove non-printable chars from A1

=CLEAN(TRIM(A1))

Clean and trim text

=LEN(A1) - LEN(CLEAN(A1))

Count non-printable characters

Note: Removes ASCII characters 0-31 (except line feed)

CELL()

Information Functions

Returns information about cell formatting or location

Syntax:

=CELL(info_type, [reference])

Examples:

=CELL("address", A1)

Returns cell address as text

=CELL("contents", A1)

Returns cell contents

=CELL("format", A1)

Returns format code of cell

Note: Info types: address, col, color, contents, filename, format, parentheses, prefix, protect, row, type, width

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