Practical guides for cleaner spreadsheet work.

Short, focused explanations for converting files, fixing formatting issues, and choosing the right spreadsheet format.

Sheets

Google Sheets QUERY Function Tutorial: SQL for Your Spreadsheet

This Google Sheets QUERY function tutorial teaches SELECT, WHERE, ORDER BY and GROUP BY with real examples — run SQL-style queries on any range in minutes.

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Sheets

How to Remove Duplicates in Google Sheets (3 Ways)

Learn how to remove duplicates in Google Sheets 3 ways: the Data menu, the live UNIQUE function, and QUERY dedup — plus how to find duplicates before deleting.

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Sheets

How to Share a Google Sheet: Permissions, Link Sharing & Protected Ranges

Learn how to share a Google Sheet safely in 2026: Viewer vs Commenter vs Editor permissions, view-only links, protected ranges, and link sharing best practices.

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Sheets

Split Text to Columns in Google Sheets: The Complete 2026 Guide

Learn to split text to columns in Google Sheets: the Data menu method, the SPLIT formula, and REGEXEXTRACT. Delimiters, examples, and troubleshooting.

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Formats

Convert Google Sheets to Excel (Download as XLSX)

Convert Google Sheets to Excel: File > <meta name=

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Sheets

How to Use VLOOKUP in Google Sheets: The Complete Tutorial

Learn how to use VLOOKUP in Google Sheets: syntax, a step-by-step exact-match example, approximate match explained, and how to fix every #N/A error fast.

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Sheets

Google Sheets vs Excel: Honest 2026 Comparison for Data Work

Google Sheets vs Excel compared honestly for CSV and data work: cost, collaboration, formulas, capacity, automation. Which should you use in 2026?

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Sheets

XLOOKUP in Google Sheets: Why It Replaces VLOOKUP

Master XLOOKUP in Google Sheets: simple syntax, leftward lookups, built-in not-found values, and a head-to-head XLOOKUP vs VLOOKUP comparison with examples.

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Cleaning

How to Clean Data in Excel: The 10-Step Order of Operations

Learn how to clean data in Excel with a proven 10-step workflow: fix structure, trim spaces, remove duplicates, standardize text, fix dates, and validate.

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Business

How to Open CSV Without Excel: 7 Free Ways

How to open CSV without Excel: 7 free ways including Google Sheets, LibreOffice, online viewers, VS Code, mobile apps, and a private browser converter.

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