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Spreadsheet sorcery:
A Google Sheets guide
for the aspiring Wizard
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GOOGLE
SHEETS
VS.
EXCEL

PERSONAL
PREFERENCE
Excel
Sheets

CLOUD
BASED

EXCLUSIVE
FEATURES AND
FORMULAS

1.
KEEP YOUR DATA
CLEAN

2.
FORMAT YOUR
FORMULAS

For Example…

3.
WRITE OUT CELLS
AND RANGES

Click to
select cell
Click to select
range

=Data!A1
=’More Data’!A1

4.
GIVE THINGS GOOD
NAMES

5.
BREAK IT DOWN BY
BRACKETS

CLICK HERE
OPENING BRACKET
GETS HIGHLIGHTED

VLOOKUP SUM
GAMMALN
.PRECISE
CHISQ.INV.
RT
NEGBINOMDIST
MULTINOMIAL

ARRAYFORMULA
Boost your other formulas

Enables Ranges
instead of Cells

=VLOOKUP(A1,
Data,
Column,
Sorting)

=ARRAYFORMULA(
VLOOKUP(A1:A,
Data,
Column,
Sorting)
)

#REF? #NUM!
#REF?
#NAME?
#N/A
#REF?
#DIV/0?
#REF?
#NAME?
#REF?

IMPORTRANGE
Get stuff from another Google Sheet

Enables LIVE
imports of data

Copy / Paste

=IMPORTRANGE(
“URL”,
“Range”
)

=IMPORTRANGE(
“https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/…”,
“Data!A1:Z”
)

If the source data
changes - the range
will update

You can use this
in other formulas

=VLOOKUP(A1,
IMPORTRANGE,
Column,
Sorting)

QUERY
Filter, Search and Sort - All in One

QUITE UNIVERSALLY
USEFUL

=QUERY(Range,
“SELECT
Columns
WHERE
Conditions”)

=QUERY(A1:Z,
“SELECT
A, B, C
WHERE
A = ‘Yes’ ”)

=QUERY(A1:Z,
“SELECT
C, A, B
WHERE
A = ‘Yes’ ”)

=QUERY(A1:Z,
“SELECT
*
WHERE
A = ‘Yes’ ”)

=QUERY(A1:Z,
“SELECT
*
WHERE
A = 1 ”)

=QUERY(A1:Z,
“SELECT
A+B,C
WHERE
A = 1 ”)

=QUERY(A1:Z,
“SELECT
AVG(A,B,C),D
WHERE
A = 1 ”)

ONLY
POINTY
HATS

=QUERY(IMPORTRANGE,
“SELECT
Columns
WHERE
Conditions”)

=QUERY(IMPORTRANGE,
“SELECT
*
WHERE
B = ‘Pointy Hat’”)

=QUERY(IMPORTRANGE,
“SELECT
*
WHERE
Col2 = ‘Pointy Hat’”)

SORTING

…ORDER BY
Column Direction

…ORDER BY
A ASC

…ORDER BY
A DESC

…ORDER BY
A DESC, B ASC

=QUERY(Range,
“SELECT
Columns
WHERE
Conditions
ORDER BY
Column Direction”)

=QUERY(A1:Z,
“SELECT
A,B,D
WHERE
A = ‘UK’
ORDER BY
B DESC”)

support.google.com/docs/

Data
Validation
Make your own dropdown menus

Build your own list of
options for users

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