We're all familiar with Excel's fill handle: type "Monday," drag the corner, and the rest of the week appears. But there's a hidden gem many people overlook: Custom Lists. Show Excel a pattern once, ...
Cascading drop-down lists—where choosing a category like "Fruit" narrows the next list to "Apple" or "Pear"—are a staple of high-level data entry in Excel. The old INDIRECT method works, but it's ...