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5 Powerful Excel Formulas — Discover Talent

5 Powerful Excel Formulas

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Want to make spreadsheets faster and smarter? This quick guide covers five formulas that level up your Excel workflow — with copy-paste examples and a short demo video embedded to the right.

Watch first: The short demo walks the steps visually. Use the formulas below to follow along in your own workbook.

Quick links / Chapters

00:00 Intro • 00:06 FILTER • 00:55 SORT • 01:24 UNIQUE • 01:44 TEXTJOIN • 02:10 XLOOKUP • 02:49 Outro

Formulas & examples (copy-paste)

1) FILTER — extract matching rows

Show rows where Product = "Apple" (table in A2:F13):

=FILTER(A2:F13, A2:A13="Apple", "No matches found")

Requires Excel 365 / Excel 2021+

2) SORT — reorder data dynamically

Sort the table by Date (column B) newest first:

=SORT(A2:F13, 2, -1)

3) UNIQUE — generate distinct lists

Create a live dropdown source of unique products:

=UNIQUE(A2:A13)

4) TEXTJOIN — combine values with a delimiter

Combine Regions that sold "Apple" into one cell:

=TEXTJOIN(", ", TRUE, FILTER(C2:C13, A2:A13="Apple"))

5) XLOOKUP — modern, flexible lookup

Find the Price for "Banana":

=XLOOKUP("Banana", A2:A13, E2:E13, "Not found")

How to use these with the video

  • Open your workbook and paste the demo data (or use your own table).
  • Copy the formulas into a blank cell — they spill automatically.
  • Change criteria (e.g., "Apple") to a cell reference for dynamic filtering.

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