How to Calculate Margin of Error in Excel

Ever see those polling results where it says "the average number of people think this with a margin of error of..." or " the percentage of people that think the president is doing a good job is this with a margin of error...."? This margin of error calculation is based on samples and some common statistical formulas....which you can do in Excel. Learn how...

Power Query - Importing Table in PDF to Excel

Importing a table from a PDF document into Excel can be a difficult process. You might have been doing a copy and paste and editing or deleting our strange characters, spaces or tabs. Whether it was a small table or large one, it's a time intensive process. If you've got the Microsoft 365 subscription (formerly Office 365 or O365), you might have the latest features from Power Query to help make this an easier process. If you don't have Power Query, it still can be done but with another Microsoft application - Word (see that video here at https://youtu.be/COUOvhbQ4CQ)

Create an Updating Dropdown List with Power Query

This video will show you how to create a dynamic drop down list from a table that gets transformed in Power Query. The output table become a source for a drop down list using the Data Validation feature in Excel. You can then hide the output table because maybe you don't want users to mess with it. This is a simple example, but it can be applied to more complex situations.