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ABS function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the absolute value of a number

ACCRINT function

Financial:    Returns the accrued interest for a security that pays periodic interest

ACCRINTM function

Financial:    Returns the accrued interest for a security that pays interest at maturity

ACOS function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the arccosine of a number

ACOSH function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the inverse hyperbolic cosine of a number

ACOT function

Excel 2013

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the arccotangent of a number

ACOTH function

Excel 2013

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the hyperbolic arccotangent of a number

AGGREGATE function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns an aggregate in a list or database

ADDRESS function

Lookup and reference:    Returns a reference as text to a single cell in a worksheet

AMORDEGRC function

Financial:    Returns the depreciation for each accounting period by using a depreciation coefficient

AMORLINC function

Financial:    Returns the depreciation for each accounting period

AND function

Logical:    Returns TRUE if all of its arguments are TRUE

ARABIC function

Excel 2013

Math and trigonometry:    Converts a Roman number to Arabic, as a number

AREAS function

Lookup and reference:    Returns the number of areas in a reference

ARRAYTOTEXT function

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Text:    Returns an array of text values from any specified range

ASC function

Text:    Changes full-width (double-byte) English letters or katakana within a character string to half-width (single-byte) characters

ASIN function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the arcsine of a number

ASINH function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the inverse hyperbolic sine of a number

ATAN function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the arctangent of a number

ATAN2 function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the arctangent from x- and y-coordinates

ATANH function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the inverse hyperbolic tangent of a number

AVEDEV function

Statistical:    Returns the average of the absolute deviations of data points from their mean

AVERAGE function

Statistical:    Returns the average of its arguments

AVERAGEA function

Statistical:    Returns the average of its arguments, including numbers, text, and logical values

AVERAGEIF function

Statistical:    Returns the average (arithmetic mean) of all the cells in a range that meet a given criteria

AVERAGEIFS function

Statistical:    Returns the average (arithmetic mean) of all cells that meet multiple criteria.

BAHTTEXT function

Text:    Converts a number to text, using the ß (baht) currency format

BASE function

Math and trigonometry:    Converts a number into a text representation with the given radix (base)

BESSELI function

Engineering:    Returns the modified Bessel function In(x)

BESSELJ function

Engineering:    Returns the Bessel function Jn(x)

BESSELK function

Engineering:    Returns the modified Bessel function Kn(x)

BESSELY function

Engineering:    Returns the Bessel function Yn(x)

BETADIST function

Compatibility:    Returns the beta cumulative distribution function

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

BETA.DIST function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the beta cumulative distribution function

BETAINV function

Compatibility:    Returns the inverse of the cumulative distribution function for a specified beta distribution

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

BETA.INV function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the inverse of the cumulative distribution function for a specified beta distribution

BIN2DEC function

Engineering:    Converts a binary number to decimal

BIN2HEX function

Engineering:    Converts a binary number to hexadecimal

BIN2OCT function

Engineering:    Converts a binary number to octal

BINOMDIST function

Compatibility:    Returns the individual term binomial distribution probability

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

BINOM.DIST function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the individual term binomial distribution probability

BINOM.DIST.RANGE function

Excel 2013

Statistical:    Returns the probability of a trial result using a binomial distribution

BINOM.INV function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the smallest value for which the cumulative binomial distribution is less than or equal to a criterion value

BITAND function

Excel 2013

Engineering:    Returns a ‘Bitwise And’ of two numbers

BITLSHIFT function

Excel 2013

Engineering:    Returns a value number shifted left by shift_amount bits

BITOR function

Excel 2013

Engineering:    Returns a bitwise OR of 2 numbers

BITRSHIFT function

Excel 2013

Engineering:    Returns a value number shifted right by shift_amount bits

BITXOR function

Excel 2013

Engineering:    Returns a bitwise ‘Exclusive Or’ of two numbers

BYCOL

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Logical:    Applies a LAMBDA to each column and returns an array of the results

BYROW

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Logical:    Applies a LAMBDA to each row and returns an array of the results

CALL function

Add-in and Automation:    Calls a procedure in a dynamic link library or code resource

CEILING function

Compatibility:    Rounds a number to the nearest integer or to the nearest multiple of significance

CEILING.MATH function

Excel 2013

Math and trigonometry:    Rounds a number up, to the nearest integer or to the nearest multiple of significance

CEILING.PRECISE function

Math and trigonometry:    Rounds a number the nearest integer or to the nearest multiple of significance. Regardless of the sign of the number, the number is rounded up.

CELL function

Information:    Returns information about the formatting, location, or contents of a cell

This function is not available in Excel for the web.

CHAR function

Text:    Returns the character specified by the code number

CHIDIST function

Compatibility:    Returns the one-tailed probability of the chi-squared distribution

Note: In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

CHIINV function

Compatibility:    Returns the inverse of the one-tailed probability of the chi-squared distribution

Note: In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

CHITEST function

Compatibility:    Returns the test for independence

Note: In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

CHISQ.DIST function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the cumulative beta probability density function

CHISQ.DIST.RT function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the one-tailed probability of the chi-squared distribution

CHISQ.INV function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the cumulative beta probability density function

CHISQ.INV.RT function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the inverse of the one-tailed probability of the chi-squared distribution

CHISQ.TEST function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the test for independence

CHOOSE function

Lookup and reference:    Chooses a value from a list of values

CHOOSECOLS

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Lookup and reference:    Returns the specified columns from an array

CHOOSEROWS

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Lookup and reference:    Returns the specified rows from an array

CLEAN function

Text:    Removes all nonprintable characters from text

CODE function

Text:    Returns a numeric code for the first character in a text string

COLUMN function

Lookup and reference:    Returns the column number of a reference

COLUMNS function

Lookup and reference:    Returns the number of columns in a reference

COMBIN function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the number of combinations for a given number of objects

COMBINA function

Excel 2013

Math and trigonometry:   

Returns the number of combinations with repetitions for a given number of items

COMPLEX function

Engineering:    Converts real and imaginary coefficients into a complex number

CONCAT function

2019

Text:    Combines the text from multiple ranges and/or strings, but it doesn’t provide the delimiter or IgnoreEmpty arguments.

CONCATENATE function

Text:    Joins several text items into one text item

CONFIDENCE function

Compatibility:    Returns the confidence interval for a population mean

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

CONFIDENCE.NORM function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the confidence interval for a population mean

CONFIDENCE.T function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the confidence interval for a population mean, using a Student’s t distribution

CONVERT function

Engineering:    Converts a number from one measurement system to another

CORREL function

Statistical:    Returns the correlation coefficient between two data sets

COS function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the cosine of a number

COSH function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the hyperbolic cosine of a number

COT function

Excel 2013

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the hyperbolic cosine of a number

COTH function

Excel 2013

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the cotangent of an angle

COUNT function

Statistical:    Counts how many numbers are in the list of arguments

COUNTA function

Statistical:    Counts how many values are in the list of arguments

COUNTBLANK function

Statistical:    Counts the number of blank cells within a range

COUNTIF function

Statistical:    Counts the number of cells within a range that meet the given criteria

COUNTIFS function

Statistical:    Counts the number of cells within a range that meet multiple criteria

COUPDAYBS function

Financial:    Returns the number of days from the beginning of the coupon period to the settlement date

COUPDAYS function

Financial:    Returns the number of days in the coupon period that contains the settlement date

COUPDAYSNC function

Financial:    Returns the number of days from the settlement date to the next coupon date

COUPNCD function

Financial:    Returns the next coupon date after the settlement date

COUPNUM function

Financial:    Returns the number of coupons payable between the settlement date and maturity date

COUPPCD function

Financial:    Returns the previous coupon date before the settlement date

COVAR function

Compatibility:    Returns covariance, the average of the products of paired deviations

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

COVARIANCE.P function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns covariance, the average of the products of paired deviations

COVARIANCE.S function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the sample covariance, the average of the products deviations for each data point pair in two data sets

CRITBINOM function

Compatibility:    Returns the smallest value for which the cumulative binomial distribution is less than or equal to a criterion value

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

CSC function

Excel 2013

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the cosecant of an angle

CSCH function

Excel 2013

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the hyperbolic cosecant of an angle

CUBEKPIMEMBER function

Cube:    Returns a key performance indicator (KPI) name, property, and measure, and displays the name and property in the cell. A KPI is a quantifiable measurement, such as monthly gross profit or quarterly employee turnover, used to monitor an organization’s performance.

CUBEMEMBER function

Cube:    Returns a member or tuple in a cube hierarchy. Use to validate that the member or tuple exists in the cube.

CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY function

Cube:    Returns the value of a member property in the cube. Use to validate that a member name exists within the cube and to return the specified property for this member.

CUBERANKEDMEMBER function

Cube:    Returns the nth, or ranked, member in a set. Use to return one or more elements in a set, such as the top sales performer or top 10 students.

CUBESET function

Cube:    Defines a calculated set of members or tuples by sending a set expression to the cube on the server, which creates the set, and then returns that set to Microsoft Office Excel.

CUBESETCOUNT function

Cube:    Returns the number of items in a set.

CUBEVALUE function

Cube:    Returns an aggregated value from a cube.

CUMIPMT function

Financial:    Returns the cumulative interest paid between two periods

CUMPRINC function

Financial:    Returns the cumulative principal paid on a loan between two periods

DATE function

Date and time:    Returns the serial number of a particular date

DATEDIF function

Date and time:    Calculates the number of days, months, or years between two dates. This function is useful in formulas where you need to calculate an age.

DATEVALUE function

Date and time:    Converts a date in the form of text to a serial number

DAVERAGE function

Database:    Returns the average of selected database entries

DAY function

Date and time:    Converts a serial number to a day of the month

DAYS function

Excel 2013

Date and time:    Returns the number of days between two dates

DAYS360 function

Date and time:    Calculates the number of days between two dates based on a 360-day year

DB function

Financial:    Returns the depreciation of an asset for a specified period by using the fixed-declining balance method

DBCS function

Excel 2013

Text:    Changes half-width (single-byte) English letters or katakana within a character string to full-width (double-byte) characters

DCOUNT function

Database:    Counts the cells that contain numbers in a database

DCOUNTA function

Database:    Counts nonblank cells in a database

DDB function

Financial:    Returns the depreciation of an asset for a specified period by using the double-declining balance method or some other method that you specify

DEC2BIN function

Engineering:    Converts a decimal number to binary

DEC2HEX function

Engineering:    Converts a decimal number to hexadecimal

DEC2OCT function

Engineering:    Converts a decimal number to octal

DECIMAL function

Excel 2013

Math and trigonometry:    Converts a text representation of a number in a given base into a decimal number

DEGREES function

Math and trigonometry:    Converts radians to degrees

DELTA function

Engineering:    Tests whether two values are equal

DEVSQ function

Statistical:    Returns the sum of squares of deviations

DGET function

Database:    Extracts from a database a single record that matches the specified criteria

DISC function

Financial:    Returns the discount rate for a security

DMAX function

Database:    Returns the maximum value from selected database entries

DMIN function

Database:    Returns the minimum value from selected database entries

DOLLAR function

Text:    Converts a number to text, using the $ (dollar) currency format

DOLLARDE function

Financial:    Converts a dollar price, expressed as a fraction, into a dollar price, expressed as a decimal number

DOLLARFR function

Financial:    Converts a dollar price, expressed as a decimal number, into a dollar price, expressed as a fraction

DPRODUCT function

Database:    Multiplies the values in a particular field of records that match the criteria in a database

DROP

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Lookup and reference:    Excludes a specified number of rows or columns from the start or end of an array

DSTDEV function

Database:    Estimates the standard deviation based on a sample of selected database entries

DSTDEVP function

Database:    Calculates the standard deviation based on the entire population of selected database entries

DSUM function

Database:    Adds the numbers in the field column of records in the database that match the criteria

DURATION function

Financial:    Returns the annual duration of a security with periodic interest payments

DVAR function

Database:    Estimates variance based on a sample from selected database entries

DVARP function

Database:    Calculates variance based on the entire population of selected database entries

EDATE function

Date and time:    Returns the serial number of the date that is the indicated number of months before or after the start date

EFFECT function

Financial:    Returns the effective annual interest rate

ENCODEURL function

Excel 2013

Web:    Returns a URL-encoded string

This function is not available in Excel for the web.

EOMONTH function

Date and time:    Returns the serial number of the last day of the month before or after a specified number of months

ERF function

Engineering:    Returns the error function

ERF.PRECISE function

Excel 2010

Engineering:    Returns the error function

ERFC function

Engineering:    Returns the complementary error function

ERFC.PRECISE function

Excel 2010

Engineering:    Returns the complementary ERF function integrated between x and infinity

ERROR.TYPE function

Information:    Returns a number corresponding to an error type

EUROCONVERT function

Add-in and Automation:    Converts a number to euros, converts a number from euros to a euro member currency, or converts a number from one euro member currency to another by using the euro as an intermediary (triangulation).

EVEN function

Math and trigonometry:    Rounds a number up to the nearest even integer

EXACT function

Text:    Checks to see if two text values are identical

EXP function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns e raised to the power of a given number

EXPAND

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Lookup and reference:    Expands or pads an array to specified row and column dimensions

EXPON.DIST function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the exponential distribution

EXPONDIST function

Compatibility:    Returns the exponential distribution

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

FACT function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the factorial of a number

FACTDOUBLE function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the double factorial of a number

FALSE function

Logical:    Returns the logical value FALSE

F.DIST function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the F probability distribution

FDIST function

Compatibility:    Returns the F probability distribution

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

F.DIST.RT function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the F probability distribution

FILTER function

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Lookup and reference:    Filters a range of data based on criteria you define

FILTERXML function

Excel 2013

Web:    Returns specific data from the XML content by using the specified XPath

This function is not available in Excel for the web.

FIND, FINDB functions

Text:    Finds one text value within another (case-sensitive)

F.INV function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the inverse of the F probability distribution

F.INV.RT function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the inverse of the F probability distribution

FINV function

Compatibility:    Returns the inverse of the F probability distribution

In Excel 2007this is a Statistical function.

FISHER function

Statistical:    Returns the Fisher transformation

FISHERINV function

Statistical:    Returns the inverse of the Fisher transformation

FIXED function

Text:    Formats a number as text with a fixed number of decimals

FLOOR function

Compatibility:    Rounds a number down, toward zero

In Excel 2007 and Excel 2010, this is a Math and trigonometry function.

FLOOR.MATH function

Excel 2013

Math and trigonometry:    Rounds a number down, to the nearest integer or to the nearest multiple of significance

FLOOR.PRECISE function

Math and trigonometry:    Rounds a number the nearest integer or to the nearest multiple of significance. Regardless of the sign of the number, the number is rounded up.

FORECAST function

Statistical:    Returns a value along a linear trend

In Excel 2016, this function is replaced with FORECAST.LINEAR as part of the new Forecasting functions, but it’s still available for compatibility with earlier versions.

FORECAST.ETS function

Excel 2016

Statistical:    Returns a future value based on existing (historical) values by using the AAA version of the Exponential Smoothing (ETS) algorithm

FORECAST.ETS.CONFINT function

Excel 2016

Statistical:    Returns a confidence interval for the forecast value at the specified target date

FORECAST.ETS.SEASONALITY function

Excel 2016

Statistical:    Returns the length of the repetitive pattern Excel detects for the specified time series

FORECAST.ETS.STAT function

Excel 2016

Statistical:    Returns a statistical value as a result of time series forecasting

FORECAST.LINEAR function

Excel 2016

Statistical:    Returns a future value based on existing values

FORMULATEXT function

Excel 2013

Lookup and reference:    Returns the formula at the given reference as text

FREQUENCY function

Statistical:    Returns a frequency distribution as a vertical array

F.TEST function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the result of an F-test

FTEST function

Compatibility:    Returns the result of an F-test

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

FV function

Financial:    Returns the future value of an investment

FVSCHEDULE function

Financial:    Returns the future value of an initial principal after applying a series of compound interest rates

GAMMA function

Excel 2013

Statistical:    Returns the Gamma function value

GAMMA.DIST function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the gamma distribution

GAMMADIST function

Compatibility:    Returns the gamma distribution

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

GAMMA.INV function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the inverse of the gamma cumulative distribution

GAMMAINV function

Compatibility:    Returns the inverse of the gamma cumulative distribution

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

GAMMALN function

Statistical:    Returns the natural logarithm of the gamma function, Γ(x)

GAMMALN.PRECISE function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the natural logarithm of the gamma function, Γ(x)

GAUSS function

Excel 2013

Statistical:    Returns 0.5 less than the standard normal cumulative distribution

GCD function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the greatest common divisor

GEOMEAN function

Statistical:    Returns the geometric mean

GESTEP function

Engineering:    Tests whether a number is greater than a threshold value

GETPIVOTDATA function

Lookup and reference:    Returns data stored in a PivotTable report

GROWTH function

Statistical:    Returns values along an exponential trend

HARMEAN function

Statistical:    Returns the harmonic mean

HEX2BIN function

Engineering:    Converts a hexadecimal number to binary

HEX2DEC function

Engineering:    Converts a hexadecimal number to decimal

HEX2OCT function

Engineering:    Converts a hexadecimal number to octal

HLOOKUP function

Lookup and reference:    Looks in the top row of an array and returns the value of the indicated cell

HOUR function

Date and time:    Converts a serial number to an hour

HSTACK

Office 365 button

Lookup and reference:    Appends arrays horizontally and in sequence to return a larger array

HYPERLINK function

Lookup and reference:    Creates a shortcut or jump that opens a document stored on a network server, an intranet, or the Internet

HYPGEOM.DIST function

Statistical:    Returns the hypergeometric distribution

HYPGEOMDIST function

Compatibility:    Returns the hypergeometric distribution

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

IF function

Logical:    Specifies a logical test to perform

IFERROR function

Logical:    Returns a value you specify if a formula evaluates to an error; otherwise, returns the result of the formula

IFNA function

Excel 2013

Logical:    Returns the value you specify if the expression resolves to #N/A, otherwise returns the result of the expression

IFS function

2019

Logical:    Checks whether one or more conditions are met and returns a value that corresponds to the first TRUE condition.

IMABS function

Engineering:    Returns the absolute value (modulus) of a complex number

IMAGINARY function

Engineering:    Returns the imaginary coefficient of a complex number

IMARGUMENT function

Engineering:    Returns the argument theta, an angle expressed in radians

IMCONJUGATE function

Engineering:    Returns the complex conjugate of a complex number

IMCOS function

Engineering:    Returns the cosine of a complex number

IMCOSH function

Excel 2013

Engineering:    Returns the hyperbolic cosine of a complex number

IMCOT function

Excel 2013

Engineering:    Returns the cotangent of a complex number

IMCSC function

Excel 2013

Engineering:    Returns the cosecant of a complex number

IMCSCH function

Excel 2013

Engineering:    Returns the hyperbolic cosecant of a complex number

IMDIV function

Engineering:    Returns the quotient of two complex numbers

IMEXP function

Engineering:    Returns the exponential of a complex number

IMLN function

Engineering:    Returns the natural logarithm of a complex number

IMLOG10 function

Engineering:    Returns the base-10 logarithm of a complex number

IMLOG2 function

Engineering:    Returns the base-2 logarithm of a complex number

IMPOWER function

Engineering:    Returns a complex number raised to an integer power

IMPRODUCT function

Engineering:    Returns the product of complex numbers

IMREAL function

Engineering:    Returns the real coefficient of a complex number

IMSEC function

Excel 2013

Engineering:    Returns the secant of a complex number

IMSECH function

Excel 2013

Engineering:    Returns the hyperbolic secant of a complex number

IMSIN function

Engineering:    Returns the sine of a complex number

IMSINH function

Excel 2013

Engineering:    Returns the hyperbolic sine of a complex number

IMSQRT function

Engineering:    Returns the square root of a complex number

IMSUB function

Engineering:    Returns the difference between two complex numbers

IMSUM function

Engineering:    Returns the sum of complex numbers

IMTAN function

Excel 2013

Engineering:    Returns the tangent of a complex number

INDEX function

Lookup and reference:    Uses an index to choose a value from a reference or array

INDIRECT function

Lookup and reference:    Returns a reference indicated by a text value

INFO function

Information:    Returns information about the current operating environment

This function is not available in Excel for the web.

INT function

Math and trigonometry:    Rounds a number down to the nearest integer

INTERCEPT function

Statistical:    Returns the intercept of the linear regression line

INTRATE function

Financial:    Returns the interest rate for a fully invested security

IPMT function

Financial:    Returns the interest payment for an investment for a given period

IRR function

Financial:    Returns the internal rate of return for a series of cash flows

ISBLANK function

Information:    Returns TRUE if the value is blank

ISERR function

Information:    Returns TRUE if the value is any error value except #N/A

ISERROR function

Information:    Returns TRUE if the value is any error value

ISEVEN function

Information:    Returns TRUE if the number is even

ISFORMULA function

Excel 2013

Information:    Returns TRUE if there is a reference to a cell that contains a formula

ISLOGICAL function

Information:    Returns TRUE if the value is a logical value

ISNA function

Information:    Returns TRUE if the value is the #N/A error value

ISNONTEXT function

Information:    Returns TRUE if the value is not text

ISNUMBER function

Information:    Returns TRUE if the value is a number

ISODD function

Information:    Returns TRUE if the number is odd

ISOMITTED

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Information:    Checks whether the value in a LAMBDA is missing and returns TRUE or FALSE

ISREF function

Information:    Returns TRUE if the value is a reference

ISTEXT function

Information:    Returns TRUE if the value is text

ISO.CEILING function

Excel 2013

Math and trigonometry:    Returns a number that is rounded up to the nearest integer or to the nearest multiple of significance

ISOWEEKNUM function

Excel 2013

Date and time:    Returns the number of the ISO week number of the year for a given date

ISPMT function

Financial:    Calculates the interest paid during a specific period of an investment

JIS function

Text:    Changes half-width (single-byte) characters within a string to full-width (double-byte) characters

KURT function

Statistical:    Returns the kurtosis of a data set

LAMBDA

Office 365 button

Logical:    Create custom, reusable functions and call them by a friendly name

LARGE function

Statistical:    Returns the k-th largest value in a data set

LCM function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the least common multiple

LEFT, LEFTB functions

Text:    Returns the leftmost characters from a text value

LEN, LENB functions

Text:    Returns the number of characters in a text string

LET

Office 365 button

Logical:    Assigns names to calculation results

LINEST function

Statistical:    Returns the parameters of a linear trend

LN function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the natural logarithm of a number

LOG function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the logarithm of a number to a specified base

LOG10 function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the base-10 logarithm of a number

LOGEST function

Statistical:    Returns the parameters of an exponential trend

LOGINV function

Compatibility:    Returns the inverse of the lognormal cumulative distribution

LOGNORM.DIST function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the cumulative lognormal distribution

LOGNORMDIST function

Compatibility:    Returns the cumulative lognormal distribution

LOGNORM.INV function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the inverse of the lognormal cumulative distribution

LOOKUP function

Lookup and reference:    Looks up values in a vector or array

LOWER function

Text:    Converts text to lowercase

MAKEARRAY

Office 365 button

Logical:    Returns a calculated array of a specified row and column size, by applying a LAMBDA

MAP

Office 365 button

Logical:    Returns an array formed by mapping each value in the array(s) to a new value by applying a LAMBDA to create a new value

MATCH function

Lookup and reference:    Looks up values in a reference or array

MAX function

Statistical:    Returns the maximum value in a list of arguments

MAXA function

Statistical:    Returns the maximum value in a list of arguments, including numbers, text, and logical values

MAXIFS function

2019

Statistical:    Returns the maximum value among cells specified by a given set of conditions or criteria

MDETERM function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the matrix determinant of an array

MDURATION function

Financial:    Returns the Macauley modified duration for a security with an assumed par value of $100

MEDIAN function

Statistical:    Returns the median of the given numbers

MID, MIDB functions

Text:    Returns a specific number of characters from a text string starting at the position you specify

MIN function

Statistical:    Returns the minimum value in a list of arguments

MINIFS function

2019

Statistical:    Returns the minimum value among cells specified by a given set of conditions or criteria.

MINA function

Statistical:    Returns the smallest value in a list of arguments, including numbers, text, and logical values

MINUTE function

Date and time:    Converts a serial number to a minute

MINVERSE function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the matrix inverse of an array

MIRR function

Financial:    Returns the internal rate of return where positive and negative cash flows are financed at different rates

MMULT function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the matrix product of two arrays

MOD function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the remainder from division

MODE function

Compatibility:    Returns the most common value in a data set

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

MODE.MULT function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns a vertical array of the most frequently occurring, or repetitive values in an array or range of data

MODE.SNGL function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the most common value in a data set

MONTH function

Date and time:    Converts a serial number to a month

MROUND function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns a number rounded to the desired multiple

MULTINOMIAL function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the multinomial of a set of numbers

MUNIT function

Excel 2013

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the unit matrix or the specified dimension

N function

Information:    Returns a value converted to a number

NA function

Information:    Returns the error value #N/A

NEGBINOM.DIST function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the negative binomial distribution

NEGBINOMDIST function

Compatibility:    Returns the negative binomial distribution

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

NETWORKDAYS function

Date and time:    Returns the number of whole workdays between two dates

NETWORKDAYS.INTL function

Excel 2010

Date and time:    Returns the number of whole workdays between two dates using parameters to indicate which and how many days are weekend days

NOMINAL function

Financial:    Returns the annual nominal interest rate

NORM.DIST function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the normal cumulative distribution

NORMDIST function

Compatibility:    Returns the normal cumulative distribution

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

NORMINV function

Statistical:    Returns the inverse of the normal cumulative distribution

NORM.INV function

Excel 2010

Compatibility:    Returns the inverse of the normal cumulative distribution

Note: In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

NORM.S.DIST function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the standard normal cumulative distribution

NORMSDIST function

Compatibility:    Returns the standard normal cumulative distribution

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

NORM.S.INV function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the inverse of the standard normal cumulative distribution

NORMSINV function

Compatibility:    Returns the inverse of the standard normal cumulative distribution

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

NOT function

Logical:    Reverses the logic of its argument

NOW function

Date and time:    Returns the serial number of the current date and time

NPER function

Financial:    Returns the number of periods for an investment

NPV function

Financial:    Returns the net present value of an investment based on a series of periodic cash flows and a discount rate

NUMBERVALUE function

Excel 2013

Text:    Converts text to number in a locale-independent manner

OCT2BIN function

Engineering:    Converts an octal number to binary

OCT2DEC function

Engineering:    Converts an octal number to decimal

OCT2HEX function

Engineering:    Converts an octal number to hexadecimal

ODD function

Math and trigonometry:    Rounds a number up to the nearest odd integer

ODDFPRICE function

Financial:    Returns the price per $100 face value of a security with an odd first period

ODDFYIELD function

Financial:    Returns the yield of a security with an odd first period

ODDLPRICE function

Financial:    Returns the price per $100 face value of a security with an odd last period

ODDLYIELD function

Financial:    Returns the yield of a security with an odd last period

OFFSET function

Lookup and reference:    Returns a reference offset from a given reference

OR function

Logical:    Returns TRUE if any argument is TRUE

PDURATION function

Excel 2013

Financial:    Returns the number of periods required by an investment to reach a specified value

PEARSON function

Statistical:    Returns the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient

PERCENTILE.EXC function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the k-th percentile of values in a range, where k is in the range 0..1, exclusive

PERCENTILE.INC function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the k-th percentile of values in a range

PERCENTILE function

Compatibility:    Returns the k-th percentile of values in a range

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

PERCENTRANK.EXC function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the rank of a value in a data set as a percentage (0..1, exclusive) of the data set

PERCENTRANK.INC function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the percentage rank of a value in a data set

PERCENTRANK function

Compatibility:    Returns the percentage rank of a value in a data set

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

PERMUT function

Statistical:    Returns the number of permutations for a given number of objects

PERMUTATIONA function

Excel 2013

Statistical:    Returns the number of permutations for a given number of objects (with repetitions) that can be selected from the total objects

PHI function

Excel 2013

Statistical:    Returns the value of the density function for a standard normal distribution

PHONETIC function

Text:    Extracts the phonetic (furigana) characters from a text string

PI function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the value of pi

PMT function

Financial:    Returns the periodic payment for an annuity

POISSON.DIST function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the Poisson distribution

POISSON function

Compatibility:    Returns the Poisson distribution

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

POWER function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the result of a number raised to a power

PPMT function

Financial:    Returns the payment on the principal for an investment for a given period

PRICE function

Financial:    Returns the price per $100 face value of a security that pays periodic interest

PRICEDISC function

Financial:    Returns the price per $100 face value of a discounted security

PRICEMAT function

Financial:    Returns the price per $100 face value of a security that pays interest at maturity

PROB function

Statistical:    Returns the probability that values in a range are between two limits

PRODUCT function

Math and trigonometry:    Multiplies its arguments

PROPER function

Text:    Capitalizes the first letter in each word of a text value

PV function

Financial:    Returns the present value of an investment

QUARTILE function

Compatibility:    Returns the quartile of a data set

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

QUARTILE.EXC function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the quartile of the data set, based on percentile values from 0..1, exclusive

QUARTILE.INC function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the quartile of a data set

QUOTIENT function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the integer portion of a division

RADIANS function

Math and trigonometry:    Converts degrees to radians

RAND function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns a random number between 0 and 1

RANDARRAY function

Office 365 button

Math and trigonometry:    Returns an array of random numbers between 0 and 1. However, you can specify the number of rows and columns to fill, minimum and maximum values, and whether to return whole numbers or decimal values.

RANDBETWEEN function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns a random number between the numbers you specify

RANK.AVG function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the rank of a number in a list of numbers

RANK.EQ function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the rank of a number in a list of numbers

RANK function

Compatibility:    Returns the rank of a number in a list of numbers

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

RATE function

Financial:    Returns the interest rate per period of an annuity

RECEIVED function

Financial:    Returns the amount received at maturity for a fully invested security

REDUCE

Office 365 button

Logical:    Reduces an array to an accumulated value by applying a LAMBDA to each value and returning the total value in the accumulator

REGISTER.ID function

Add-in and Automation:    Returns the register ID of the specified dynamic link library (DLL) or code resource that has been previously registered

REPLACE, REPLACEB functions

Text:    Replaces characters within text

REPT function

Text:    Repeats text a given number of times

RIGHT, RIGHTB functions

Text:    Returns the rightmost characters from a text value

ROMAN function

Math and trigonometry:    Converts an arabic numeral to roman, as text

ROUND function

Math and trigonometry:    Rounds a number to a specified number of digits

ROUNDDOWN function

Math and trigonometry:    Rounds a number down, toward zero

ROUNDUP function

Math and trigonometry:    Rounds a number up, away from zero

ROW function

Lookup and reference:    Returns the row number of a reference

ROWS function

Lookup and reference:    Returns the number of rows in a reference

RRI function

Excel 2013

Financial:    Returns an equivalent interest rate for the growth of an investment

RSQ function

Statistical:    Returns the square of the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient

RTD function

Lookup and reference:    Retrieves real-time data from a program that supports COM automation

SCAN

Office 365 button

Logical:    Scans an array by applying a LAMBDA to each value and returns an array that has each intermediate value

SEARCH, SEARCHB functions

Text:    Finds one text value within another (not case-sensitive)

SEC function

Excel 2013

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the secant of an angle

SECH function

Excel 2013

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the hyperbolic secant of an angle

SECOND function

Date and time:    Converts a serial number to a second

SEQUENCE function

Office 365 button

Math and trigonometry:    Generates a list of sequential numbers in an array, such as 1, 2, 3, 4

SERIESSUM function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the sum of a power series based on the formula

SHEET function

Excel 2013

Information:    Returns the sheet number of the referenced sheet

SHEETS function

Excel 2013

Information:    Returns the number of sheets in a reference

SIGN function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the sign of a number

SIN function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the sine of the given angle

SINH function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the hyperbolic sine of a number

SKEW function

Statistical:    Returns the skewness of a distribution

SKEW.P function

Excel 2013

Statistical:    Returns the skewness of a distribution based on a population: a characterization of the degree of asymmetry of a distribution around its mean

SLN function

Financial:    Returns the straight-line depreciation of an asset for one period

SLOPE function

Statistical:    Returns the slope of the linear regression line

SMALL function

Statistical:    Returns the k-th smallest value in a data set

SORT function

Office 365 button

Lookup and reference:    Sorts the contents of a range or array

SORTBY function

Office 365 button

Lookup and reference:    Sorts the contents of a range or array based on the values in a corresponding range or array

SQRT function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns a positive square root

SQRTPI function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the square root of (number * pi)

STANDARDIZE function

Statistical:    Returns a normalized value

STOCKHISTORY function

Financial:    Retrieves historical data about a financial instrument

STDEV function

Compatibility:    Estimates standard deviation based on a sample

STDEV.P function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Calculates standard deviation based on the entire population

STDEV.S function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Estimates standard deviation based on a sample

STDEVA function

Statistical:    Estimates standard deviation based on a sample, including numbers, text, and logical values

STDEVP function

Compatibility:    Calculates standard deviation based on the entire population

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

STDEVPA function

Statistical:    Calculates standard deviation based on the entire population, including numbers, text, and logical values

STEYX function

Statistical:    Returns the standard error of the predicted y-value for each x in the regression

SUBSTITUTE function

Text:    Substitutes new text for old text in a text string

SUBTOTAL function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns a subtotal in a list or database

SUM function

Math and trigonometry:    Adds its arguments

SUMIF function

Math and trigonometry:    Adds the cells specified by a given criteria

SUMIFS function

Math and trigonometry:    Adds the cells in a range that meet multiple criteria

SUMPRODUCT function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the sum of the products of corresponding array components

SUMSQ function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the sum of the squares of the arguments

SUMX2MY2 function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the sum of the difference of squares of corresponding values in two arrays

SUMX2PY2 function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the sum of the sum of squares of corresponding values in two arrays

SUMXMY2 function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the sum of squares of differences of corresponding values in two arrays

SWITCH function

Office 365 button

2019

Logical:    Evaluates an expression against a list of values and returns the result corresponding to the first matching value. If there is no match, an optional default value may be returned.

SYD function

Financial:    Returns the sum-of-years’ digits depreciation of an asset for a specified period

T function

Text:    Converts its arguments to text

TAN function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the tangent of a number

TANH function

Math and trigonometry:    Returns the hyperbolic tangent of a number

TAKE

Office 365 button

Lookup and reference:    Returns a specified number of contiguous rows or columns from the start or end of an array

TBILLEQ function

Financial:    Returns the bond-equivalent yield for a Treasury bill

TBILLPRICE function

Financial:    Returns the price per $100 face value for a Treasury bill

TBILLYIELD function

Financial:    Returns the yield for a Treasury bill

T.DIST function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the Percentage Points (probability) for the Student t-distribution

T.DIST.2T function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the Percentage Points (probability) for the Student t-distribution

T.DIST.RT function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the Student’s t-distribution

TDIST function

Compatibility:    Returns the Student’s t-distribution

TEXT function

Text:    Formats a number and converts it to text

TEXTAFTER

Office 365 button

Text:    Returns text that occurs after given character or string

TEXTBEFORE

Office 365 button

Text:    Returns text that occurs before a given character or string

TEXTJOIN

Office 365 button

Text:    Combines the text from multiple ranges and/or strings

TEXTSPLIT

Office 365 button

Text:    Splits text strings by using column and row delimiters

TIME function

Date and time:    Returns the serial number of a particular time

TIMEVALUE function

Date and time:    Converts a time in the form of text to a serial number

T.INV function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the t-value of the Student’s t-distribution as a function of the probability and the degrees of freedom

T.INV.2T function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the inverse of the Student’s t-distribution

TINV function

Compatibility:    Returns the inverse of the Student’s t-distribution

TOCOL

Office 365 button

Lookup and reference:    Returns the array in a single column

TOROW

Office 365 button

Lookup and reference:    Returns the array in a single row

TODAY function

Date and time:    Returns the serial number of today’s date

TRANSPOSE function

Lookup and reference:    Returns the transpose of an array

TREND function

Statistical:    Returns values along a linear trend

TRIM function

Text:    Removes spaces from text

TRIMMEAN function

Statistical:    Returns the mean of the interior of a data set

TRUE function

Logical:    Returns the logical value TRUE

TRUNC function

Math and trigonometry:    Truncates a number to an integer

T.TEST function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the probability associated with a Student’s t-test

TTEST function

Compatibility:    Returns the probability associated with a Student’s t-test

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

TYPE function

Information:    Returns a number indicating the data type of a value

UNICHAR function

Excel 2013

Text:    Returns the Unicode character that is references by the given numeric value

UNICODE function

Excel 2013

Text:    Returns the number (code point) that corresponds to the first character of the text

UNIQUE function

Office 365 button

Lookup and reference:    Returns a list of unique values in a list or range

UPPER function

Text:    Converts text to uppercase

VALUE function

Text:    Converts a text argument to a number

VALUETOTEXT

Office 365 button

Text:    Returns text from any specified value

VAR function

Compatibility:    Estimates variance based on a sample

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

VAR.P function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Calculates variance based on the entire population

VAR.S function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Estimates variance based on a sample

VARA function

Statistical:    Estimates variance based on a sample, including numbers, text, and logical values

VARP function

Compatibility:    Calculates variance based on the entire population

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

VARPA function

Statistical:    Calculates variance based on the entire population, including numbers, text, and logical values

VDB function

Financial:    Returns the depreciation of an asset for a specified or partial period by using a declining balance method

VLOOKUP function

Lookup and reference:    Looks in the first column of an array and moves across the row to return the value of a cell

VSTACK

Office 365 button

Look and reference:    Appends arrays vertically and in sequence to return a larger array

WEBSERVICE function

Excel 2013

Web:    Returns data from a web service.

This function is not available in Excel for the web.

WEEKDAY function

Date and time:    Converts a serial number to a day of the week

WEEKNUM function

Date and time:    Converts a serial number to a number representing where the week falls numerically with a year

WEIBULL function

Compatibility:    Calculates variance based on the entire population, including numbers, text, and logical values

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

WEIBULL.DIST function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the Weibull distribution

WORKDAY function

Date and time:    Returns the serial number of the date before or after a specified number of workdays

WORKDAY.INTL function

Excel 2010

Date and time:    Returns the serial number of the date before or after a specified number of workdays using parameters to indicate which and how many days are weekend days

WRAPCOLS

Office 365 button

Look and reference:    Wraps the provided row or column of values by columns after a specified number of elements

WRAPROWS

Office 365 button

Look and reference:    Wraps the provided row or column of values by rows after a specified number of elements

XIRR function

Financial:    Returns the internal rate of return for a schedule of cash flows that is not necessarily periodic

XLOOKUP function

Office 365 button

Lookup and reference:    Searches a range or an array, and returns an item corresponding to the first match it finds. If a match doesn’t exist, then XLOOKUP can return the closest (approximate) match. 

XMATCH function

Office 365 button

Lookup and reference:    Returns the relative position of an item in an array or range of cells. 

XNPV function

Financial:    Returns the net present value for a schedule of cash flows that is not necessarily periodic

XOR function

Excel 2013

Logical:    Returns a logical exclusive OR of all arguments

YEAR function

Date and time:    Converts a serial number to a year

YEARFRAC function

Date and time:    Returns the year fraction representing the number of whole days between start_date and end_date

YIELD function

Financial:    Returns the yield on a security that pays periodic interest

YIELDDISC function

Financial:    Returns the annual yield for a discounted security; for example, a Treasury bill

YIELDMAT function

Financial:    Returns the annual yield of a security that pays interest at maturity

Z.TEST function

Excel 2010

Statistical:    Returns the one-tailed probability-value of a z-test

ZTEST function

Compatibility:    Returns the one-tailed probability-value of a z-test

In Excel 2007, this is a Statistical function.

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How to Show Formulas in Excel: 4 Easy Methods (2023)

How to Show Formulas in Excel: 4 easy methods (2023)

Have you ever worked on a spreadsheet densely packed with formulas?

In such a case, to make sense of how each of the formulas works and how the results are derived, you might want to see the formulas in the cells.

This guide will teach you how to display formulas in Excel. 😀

Download our sample workbook here to follow the guide as we dive into the details of this topic.

How to show formulas in Excel from ribbon

Type any formula into Excel, say = 2+ 2, and hit ‘Enter’.

Formula in a particular cell

It’ll take Excel less than a nano-second to run the formula above and display results.

But what if you want the formula ‘= 2 + 2’ to be on the display only? Here’s how you can do it.

1. Select any cell of your worksheet.

2. Go to the Ribbon > Formulas Tab > Formula Auditing group.

Formulas button from the formulas tab

3. Click on the button ‘Show Formulas’.

4. Excel will now display the formulas for all cells in the worksheet and not the result.

Excel showing formulas

Nice! How can we now get back the results?

5. Go back to the Ribbon > Formulas Tab > Formula Auditing group.

6. Again Click on the button ‘Show Formulas’, and there you go.

Showing formulas in excel from the formula tab

Excel again displays the result and not the formula.

Show formulas using the shortcut command

You can also display formulas in Excel by using a shortcut key. It is swift and easy.

1. Click any cell of an Excel worksheet.

2. Press the Ctrl key + Grave Accent Key ( ` ).

Can’t find the grave accent key on your keyboard? Look to the left of 1 from the number keys.

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Grave accent key on the keypad

This puts all cells of that worksheet to display formulas instead of the results.

Excel Displays all the formulas

Note that this shortcut only displays formulas for all cells of the active worksheet. Not the entire workbook.

4. Want to go back already? Press the Ctrl key + Grave Accent Key ( ` ) again.

Excel takes the display back to the results. No more formulas.

Display calculated values

That’s for Windows users. Does the method change for Mac users?

Certainly not. Even if you’re a Mac user, the process remains the same. Press the Control key + grave accent key (`) to display formulas.

Whenever you’re done and want to go back to the default display, again press the same keys together.

How to display formulas in specific cells only

We’ve come across two methods to display formulas in Excel already. However, did you notice something?

Both the above methods would display formulas for all the cells of the active worksheet.

But what if you only want to display the formula of a selected cell? There are two ways you can achieve this.

i. Add a space before the formula

Take the following image as an example, where cells A1, A2, and A3 have a formula.

Multiple cells have formulas

You want to display the formula for cells A1 and A2 only and not for cell A3.

1. Select Cell A1 and A2.

2. Go to Home Tab > Editing group > Find & Select > Replace.

The Find and Replace box

This launches the Find and Replace dialog box as below.

The Find and Replace box

You may use the keyboard shortcut Control + H to launch the Find & Replace feature.

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3. Against the Find tab, punch in an equal sign ‘=’.

4. Against the Replace tab, punch in an equal sign but after a space character ‘ =’.

Adding space before an equal sign

This way the formulas in the selected cells will not start with an equal sign but a space character. And Excel only recognizes a formula when it starts with an equal sign.

5. The results only in the selected cells will be replaced by formulas as follows.

Results replaced by formulas

The selected range (Cell A1 and A2) shows formulas. Cell A3 continues to show the results.

ii. Add an apostrophe before the formula

If you do not want a space character visible in the cell, you may use this method instead.

1. Select Cell A1 and A2.

2. Go to Home Tab > Editing group > Find & Select > Replace.

3. In the Find and Replace dialog box, punch in an equal sign (=) against Find.

4. Against the Replace tab, punch in an equal sign but after an apostrophe (‘=).

Adding an apostrophe before an equal sign

This way the formulas in the selected cells will not start with an equal sign but an apostrophe. Whenever something starts with an apostrophe in a cell, Excel takes it as a text string.

5. The results only in the selected cells will be replaced by formulas as follows.

Results replaced by formulas

However, unlike the space character, the apostrophe is not visible in the cell. It is only visible in the formula bar or in the edit mode.

Pro Tip!

If you are in a hurry and only want to have a glimpse of the formula in a cell, the above methods might not suit you.

To check the formula to a cell, you may press ‘F2’. This will instantly show the formula running behind a cell.

However, as soon as you click away or press enter, the formula would be replaced by the result.

How to show formulas with the FORMULATEXT function

It’s time we introduce you to a modern-day Excel function. We bet you’ve not heard of it before.

The image below has a cell that contains a formula.

Cell containing a formula

Do you want this formula to appear as it appears in the formula bar but in a different cell?

1. Activate a cell and write the FORMULATEXT function as follows.

= FORMULATEXT (A1)

Write that as the 2nd argument in the MATCH function, replacing what’s currently there.

Writing the FORMULATEXT function

The FORMULATEXT function of Excel has a single argument – the reference argument.

In the reference argument, you create a reference to the cell whose formula you want to be displayed. We have created the reference to cell A1.

2. Hit enter to see the results as follows.

Excel displays the formula

Note how Excel displays the formula of the referenced cell.

You can display the formula of any cell doing so. 😉

Pro Tip!

What if cell A1 above contained a formula with reference to another workbook?

The FORMULATEXT function would give back a #N/A error if that workbook is not open in the background.

How to select all formulas in the selection

If you’ve only received an Excel file prepared by someone else, how can you quickly identify the cells that have a formula running behind them?

The image below has a list of numbers (some of which are the result of a formula). Whereas, some others are simply punched in numeric values.

Numbers

To select the formulas for the first six cells of this list (A1 to A6), follow these steps.

1. Select the cells (Cell A1 to A6).

2. Go to the Home Tab > Editing > Find & Select > Go to Special.

Go to the Special dialog box

Or press down the Control key + G.

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3. From the ‘Go To’ dialog box, click special.

Excel displays the formula

4. Check ‘Formulas’ and press okay.

Click Formulas

5. Excel selects all the cells that have a formula from Cell A1 to A6.

Excel selects cells with the formula

A5 and A6 do not have any formulas but only numbers. Hence, Excel did not select them.

You can format cells (highlight them) or check the count of these cells from the status bar.

Checking count from the status bar

How to print formulas

Whenever you print an Excel sheet, the print contains the calculated results. Not the formulas.

Need the print of your spreadsheet to have the formulas instead of the results?

1. Perform either of the methods above to display the formula in cells.

2. Once your worksheet begins displaying formulas, go to File Tab > Print..

File > Print

Or just use the print keyboard shortcut. Hit the Control key + P.

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3. Here’s what the print preview looks like.

Print Preview

The final printed version would contain formulas and not their calculated results.

That’s it – Now what?

The tutorial above guides you on everything about formulas. Starting from displaying formulas in Excel to printing them.

Once you have a good grip on how formulas work in your spreadsheet, everything will begin to make better sense.

But, do you know how to use some of the most crucial formulas/functions of Excel? Like the VLOOKUP, SUMIF, and the IF functions?

Here’s my 30-minutes free email course that will help you master these and many more functions of Excel in no time.

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In Excel, we have an option to show those formulas to study the relationship of the formula. There is also a keyboard shortcut to show formulas in Excel, which we will explore further. Follow the steps to find that option in Excel.

You can download this Show Formulas Excel Template here – Show Formulas Excel Template

Click on the “Formulas” tab, then “Formula Auditing” and “Show Formulas.”

Show Formula in Excel 1

Once we click on those options, all the formulas in the Excel sheet will be visible instead of the values of the formula.

If you again click on that option, Excel will start to show the values instead of the formula itself.

Below is an example of that showing formulas.

Below are the steps of showing formulas:

  1. First, select the formula cell range.

    Show Formula in Excel Step 1

  2. Now, go to the “Formulas” tab and click on the “Show Formulas” option.

    Show Formula in Excel Step 1-1

  3. Once you click on that option, Excel shows the formula instead of the formula results.

    Show Formula in Excel Step 1-2

Table of contents
  • How to Show Formula in Excel?
    • Shortcut to Show Formula in Excel
    • How to Enable Show Formula in Workbook Option?
    • Print Formulas using Show Formula Option
    • Hide Formulas in Excel
    • Things to Remember
    • Recommended Articles

Shortcut to Show Formula in Excel

The shortcut to show the formula in Excel is “Ctrl + `.” The key (‘) is on the keyboard below the “Esc” button.

Show Formula in Excel Step 1-3

How to Enable Show Formula in Workbook Option?

Showing formulas is not a workbook-level option. But, we can offer all the formulas at once by changing our default settings of Excel.

Follow the below steps to enable this option.

  • Step 1: Go to the “File” option in Excel.

Show Formula in Excel Step 2

  • Step 2: Now, click on “Options.”

Show Formula in Excel Step 2-1

  • Step 3: Go to the “Advanced” option.

Show Formula in Excel Step 2-2

  • Step 4: Scroll down and find “Show formulas in cells instead of their calculated results.”

Excel Options

It seems a long process but is very useful if you want to show multiple sheets’ formulas. However, making one sheet at a time is a very time-consuming process. So, we can rely on these settings options.

Print Formulas using Show Formula Option

We can print these formulas instead of the values using this formula option.

  • Step 1: Select the formula cells (if you need particular cells to be displayed, then select those cells only) and click on this formula option. (We can use the shortcut Ctrl + ` ).

formulas - Show Formula

It would show up all the selected cell formulas.

Print formula using show formula - step 2

  • Step 2: Select the printable region data and press the “ALT + P + R + S” shortcut keys. It would set up the print area.

Print formula using show formula - step 3

  • Step 3: Now, press the “Ctrl + P” keys. It will print all the formulas. Now, you can return and press “Ctrl + `” to remove the visible formulas option and make the values visible.

Print (Ctrl + P)

Hide Formulas in Excel

We cannot only show the formula but also hide those formulas to be visible to other users by protecting the sheet.

  • Step 1: Select the formula cells.

Hide formula using Show formula step 1

Step 2: Right-click and select “Format CellsFormatting cells is an important technique to master because it makes any data presentable, crisp, and in the user’s preferred format. The formatting of the cell depends upon the nature of the data present.read more.”

Right-click and select Format Cells

  • Step 3: Select the “Protection” tab and check the “Hidden” box.

Select Protection tab & check Hidden box

  • Step 4: Now, click on the “Review” tab and select “Protect Sheet.”

Review tab and select Protect Sheet

  • Step 5: Type the password and protect the sheet.

Protect Sheet

Things to Remember

  • Since “Ctrl + `” is a toggle option, we can show formulas and values after every alternative click.
  • We must always study the formula and return to formula values but never lose formulas.
  • We often type “Ctrl + `” when using shortcuts. So, do not panic; try typing “Ctrl +`.It will give back your values.
  • If the format of the cell is “TEXT,” then it may show the formula in Excel rather than the values of the formula. Apply “General” formatting to show the values of the formula.

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Show Formula in Excel

Excel Show Formula (Table of Contents)

  • Show Formula in Excel
  • How to Show Formula in Excel Instead of the Values?

Show Formula in Excel

Show Formulas in excel helps the user to see the formulas there in any cell of the worksheet, and it shows all the types and any length of formula. To see the formulas in any cell, go to the Formula menu tab, and under the Formula Auditing section, select Show Formula. We can use this option to show the formula, print it, and hide its value instead of seeing it. First, to print the formula, go to the File menu and, from the Options, section check in the box of Show formula in the cell. And if we see the print preview, it will show the formula instead of the value.

How to Show Formula in Excel Instead of the Values?

There are different ways by which we can show the formulas in Excel. They are listed below, along with the relative examples and screenshots. This will surely help to understand different ways to show formulas in Excel worksheets.

You can download this Show Formula Excel Template here – Show Formula Excel Template

Here is the sample data used for examples:

Show Formulas in MS Excel 1-1

We will look at a few examples to understand this better.

Example #1 – Double-Clicking a Single Cell to Exhibit the Formula

  • If you want to see a single cell formula that shows the result, just double click on that cell as below. You can also then edit it:

SUM Formula 1-2

  • If you want to see the formula in all the cells of column F, then select the cells as below:

Show Formulas in MS Excel 1-3

  • Now, you have to go to the formula tab and click on the Show Formulas excel option as below:

Show Formulas in MS Excel 1-4

  • Once you have clicked the Show Formula tab, then you will see the formulas in the cells of column F as below:

Show Formulas in MS Excel 1-5

Example #2 – Show Formula in Excel

  • Another example from the above data:

Show Formulas in MS Excel 2-1

  • Now select all the cells from column F:

Show Formulas in MS Excel 2-2

  • Now click the Show Formula tab, then you will see the formulas in the cells of column F as below:

Show Formulas in MS Excel 2-3

  • Placing the Cursor before the Formula would show the Formula in that cell.

Show Formulas in MS Excel 2-4

This shows the formula rather than the result.

Example #3 – By Enabling Show Formula in Workbook Option

  • Go to the File option, now go to Options.

Options Menu Excel 2-5

  • Now go to Advanced, scroll down a bit, and then under the heading ” Display options for this worksheet “, just check the box Show Formulas in cells instead of their calculated values. Press OK.

Show Formulas in MS Excel 2-6

This might look like a lengthy process but is very handy in case you want to show the formula for multiple sheets.

  • In case you want to disable this option, just follow the same path, which is File, then Options, then Advanced < heading “Display options for this workbook“.
  • Uncheck the box ” Show formulas in cells instead of calculated results.”

Show Formulas in MS Excel 2-7

Example #4 – Keyboard Shortcut to see the Formula of a Workbook

The keyboard short cut keys are ( CTRL +` ). You can find Ctrl on the left side and the ` right above Tab button on the right side of your keyboard.

keyboard short cut keys Excel 3-1

Press them, and then you would be able to see every Formula in the spreadsheet, but other cells won’t be changed.

Adding an Apostrophe at the Start of the Cell Containing the Formula.

Just add in front of the formula so that it can be seen in the cell containing the calculated value.

Example: Using our previous sample data to show how it works.

Adding Apostrophe Excel 3-2

In case you want to switch back to no formula shown in a worksheet, press and hold the Ctrl key and press ~ again. You can also show formulas in multiple sheets. For this, first select the worksheets by pressing and holding the Ctrl key and clicking the worksheets, then press the Ctrl key and ~ on the keyboard.

Show Formulas Selected Cells Only Instead of the Results.

Example: In the below sample data, select all the cells.

Show Formulas in MS Excel 3-3

Now, click ” Find and Select “, then select Replace dialog box.

Replace dialog box Excel 3-4

  • Within the replace tab, enter “ =” in the ” Find what ” field and “ ‘=” in the ‘Replace with’ field and then click on Replace All.

Within the replace tab

  • It will show formulas in all the selected cells while the other cells would not be changed.

Show Formulas in MS Excel 3-6

Things to Remember About Show Formula in Excel

  • Sometimes, we might witness a problem wherein we type formula, and when we press Enter, we get no result. We try again and again, but nothing happens.

The excel formulas show as text and don’t show the result. Like the cell shows :

=sum(A1, B1) but not the result.

One of the reasons could be that unknowingly you set cell formatting to Text instead of General.

This is shown below:

Show Formulas in MS Excel 3-7

Now make formatting from Text to General.

Show Formulas in MS Excel 3-8

Another reason could be, you might have pressed, or Show Formulas is enabled.

This can be fixed by pressing CTRL+` again or disable the Show Formulas button.

  • Sometimes, the presence of space character or apostrophe before the equal to sign in the formula makes the cell format like text, and the formula shows up instead of the value. To handle this, simply remove these. You can use find and replace to do this.
  • It might happen in a hurry that we press the wrong key with Ctrl instead of pressing Ctrl+`. Hence we don’t see the formula in that cell.
  • Be careful to study/check the formula by using the above methods but do not lose/delete the formulas in your worksheet/workbook.

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How to Show Formulas in Excel

You can better understand what’s going on in your workbooks by showing and highlighting all the formulas in a sheet.

Show/Hide Formulas

By default, Excel displays the results of formulas in the worksheet instead of showing the actual formulas. However, you can choose to have Excel display the formulas so you can see how they’re put together.

  1. Click the Formulas tab.
  2. Click the Show Formulas button.

    Display Formulas Show/Hide Formulas

    Formulas are displayed in the worksheet and the columns widen to accommodate the formulas, if necessary.

    If you display formulas and then select a cell that contains a formula, colored lines appear around cells that are referenced by the formula.

  3. Click the Show Formulas button again to hide the formulas.

    Display Formulas Show/Hide Formulas

Formulas are no longer displayed and the columns return to their original sizes.

Highlight Formulas

If you don’t want to see the actual formulas, but want to know which cells contain them, highlight cells with formulas instead.

  1. Click the Home tab.
  2. Click the Find & Select button.
  3. Select Formulas.

    Display Formulas Show/Hide Formulas

Any cells that contain a formula are highlighted; however, this doesn’t change the cell formatting. When you click any other cell in the worksheet, the highlighted cells are unselected.


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