Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel, and other spreadsheet software offer powerful sorting tools to help you rearrange your data. Knowing how to sort your spreadsheets makes the data easier to see and use.

The SORT and SORTBY functions let you extract certain columns and rows from a dataset and sort them in a certain order, all while preserving the source data. Even though they work in similar ways, ...

Microsoft 365’s UNIQUE() function is a great reason to upgrade. Combine UNIQUE() and SORT() to generate unique lists with a single formula. Lists are a fundamental part in almost any Microsoft Excel ...

There are lots of ways to return the top or bottom n records from a data set in Microsoft Excel, but the new dynamic array functions make doing so easier than ever. Returning the top or bottom n ...

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In addition to the new SORT function, you may also find the new FILTER and UNIQUE array functions useful. For example, the worksheet on the next page contains a detailed listing of invoices in columns ...

Excel might seem like a basic tool for many, but beneath its familiar rows and columns lies a powerful engine packed with underappreciated functions. While most people know how to sum columns or sort ...