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This Week's /r/Excel Recap for the week of April 11 - April 17, 2026
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Welcome to this week's /r/Excel recap for April 11 to April 17, 2026. Dive into the top five posts where users share valuable insights, including a pro tip on harnessing Power Query's capabilities and solutions for anonymizing user names in datasets. Uncover creative ways to populate cells based on specific criteria and explore discussions surrounding VLOOKUP formulas. Additionally, we highlight unresolved inquiries, such as double-decimal issues in Excel. Join the conversation and enhance your spreadsheet skills with these engaging community contributions.
Saturday, April 11 - Friday, April 17, 2026
Top 5 Posts
| score | comments | title & link |
|---|---|---|
| 82 | 22 comments | [Pro Tip] Get more from Power Query in Excel with these little-known capabilities |
| 33 | 48 comments | [solved] How to anonymize user names in a data set |
| 16 | 17 comments | [solved] Populate Cells From a Random Range of Cells, Based on the Contents of Different Cells. |
| 12 | 8 comments | [solved] Formula for vlookup + text or text + vlookup |
| 9 | 11 comments | [unsolved] Search Bar thats acts like a Slicer |
Unsolved Posts
| score | comments | title & link |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 7 comments | [unsolved] Weird Excel double-decimal places |
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