Mike Thomas has worked in the IT training business since 1989. He is a subject matter expert in a range of technologies, his primary focus and passion being Microsoft Office (especially Excel) and Power BI. In 2012 Mike founded The Excel Trainer where he has produced nearly 200 written and video-based Excel tutorials. He has recorded several Excel training courses for Pluralsight and in his career delivered thousands of courses and webinars on a wide variety of technology-related topics. Mike is a Fellow of The Learning and Performance Institute and has worked with and for a large number of global and UK-based companies and organizations across a diverse range of sectors. In addition to training, he also designs and develops Microsoft Office-based solutions that automate key business tasks and processes.
Learn how to combine Excel with ChatGPT to generate formulas, automate VBA tasks, troubleshoot issues, and streamline your reporting workflows with AI.
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Need a dashboard by Friday? Discover how AI tools like ChatGPT can help you build an Excel dashboard quickly and easily—no advanced technical skills required. Learn how to turn plain-English requests into real, working reports with spreadsheets that actually work for you.
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Join Excel expert Mike Thomas for live Q&A, real-time demonstrations, and personalized guidance on Excel techniques and business solutions.
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Learn how to use Excel’s powerful FILTER function to dynamically extract specific data based on multiple conditions, perfect for creating responsive dashboards and reports.
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Learn with Excel expert Mike Thomas for an interactive live Q&A session to boost your Excel skills. Watch as participants got real-time answers to their questions and learned productivity-enhancing techniques.
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Join Excel expert Mike Thomas for an interactive live Q&A session to boost your Excel skills, get real-time answers to your questions, and learn productivity-enhancing techniques.
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Discover three powerful Excel tips from expert Mike Thomas to boost your project management productivity: Excel Tables, Dynamic Array Functions, and XLOOKUP.
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Learn the newest Excel functions, including SEQUENCE, VSTACK, HSTACK, TEXTSPLIT TEXTBEFORE, TEXTAFTER, CHOOSECOLS, CHOOSEROWS and TAKE.
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The SEQUENCE function in Excel is a powerful tool that simplifies the generation of sequential numbers, dates, or arrays, offering a flexible and efficient alternative to complex formulas or manual data entry, ultimately enhancing productivity in data management and visualization tasks.
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VSTACK is a powerful Excel function that simplifies data management by allowing users to vertically combine multiple ranges or tables into a single, dynamic array, enhancing efficiency and reducing errors in data consolidation.
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Say goodbye to the overwhelming list of over 500 Excel functions, and focus on the core set of functions that every Excel user should master.
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Say goodbye to the overwhelming list of over 500 Excel functions, and focus on the core set of functions that every Excel user should master.
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