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1. Excel practice exercises for beginners, with answers

   Eight short Excel exercises on references, SUM, COUNT, AVERAGE and absolute references — each with the answer, the formula and why it works.

   6 September 2026 · 7 min read

2. VLOOKUP practice exercises: five worked examples

   Five VLOOKUP exercises from exact match to approximate match, with the answers, the two mistakes that cause #N/A, and when to reach for XLOOKUP instead.

   6 September 2026 · 6 min read

3. The Excel keyboard shortcuts to practise first

   Nine shortcuts that do most of the work in a spreadsheet, in the order to learn them, with a drill for each that you can run on any sheet.

   6 September 2026 · 5 min read