{"id":1635,"date":"2026-02-24T13:10:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T13:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hlrnet.com\/sites\/ebp\/?p=1635"},"modified":"2026-02-24T13:50:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T13:50:33","slug":"1635-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hlrnet.com\/sites\/ebp\/1635-2\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Excel tricks that I wish I knew when I had just started using it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>8 Excel tricks that I wish I knew when I had just started using it<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.makeuseof.com\/excel-tricks-wish-i-knew-when-just-started-using-it\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.makeuseof.com\/excel-tricks-wish-i-knew-when-just-started-using-it\/<\/a><\/p>\n<article class=\"w-article widget list layout-rich\">\n<section id=\"article-body\" class=\"article-body valnet-segment-Software\">\n<div class=\"content-block-regular\">\n<ol>\n<li id=\"flash-fill-can-save-you-from-writing-complex-formulas\">Flash Fill can save you from writing complex formulas.\u00a0It detects patterns and fills data for you<\/li>\n<li>Freeze Panes keeps your headers visible. Don&#8217;t scroll back to the top every time you lose track of a column<\/li>\n<li>Paste Special lets you paste only what you need.<\/li>\n<li>Lock your cell references with the dollar sign.<\/li>\n<li>Conditional formatting makes data stand out.<\/li>\n<li>Master the Ctrl + Arrow shortcuts for navigation.<\/li>\n<li>Quick Analysis tool lets you visualize data in seconds.<\/li>\n<li>Data Validation helps you prevent errors.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"valnet-gallery images-count-4 \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8 Excel tricks that I wish I knew when I had just started using it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.makeuseof.com\/excel-tricks-wish-i-knew-when-just-started-using-it\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.makeuseof.com\/excel-tricks-wish-i-knew-when-just-started-using-it\/<\/a> Flash Fill can save you from writing complex formulas.\u00a0It detects patterns and fills data for you Freeze Panes keeps your headers visible. Don&#8217;t scroll back to the top every time you lose track of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[30,33],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-1635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-en","category-tools","tag-excel"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-03 02:16:53","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hlrnet.com\/sites\/ebp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hlrnet.com\/sites\/ebp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hlrnet.com\/sites\/ebp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hlrnet.com\/sites\/ebp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hlrnet.com\/sites\/ebp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1635"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hlrnet.com\/sites\/ebp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1637,"href":"https:\/\/hlrnet.com\/sites\/ebp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1635\/revisions\/1637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hlrnet.com\/sites\/ebp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hlrnet.com\/sites\/ebp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hlrnet.com\/sites\/ebp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}