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How to pick a random name from a list in Excel
Select winners in Excel using classic INDEX formulas or modern CHOOSEROWS and TAKE combinations.
Launch Microsoft Excel. Enter data or use existing data. Enter a formula into the cell Press Enter. See result. Launch Microsoft Excel. Enter data into the spreadsheet. We have input a result heading ...
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Excel's UNIQUE function can't skip columns—unless you use this trick
Nest CHOOSECOLS inside UNIQUE to extract non-adjacent columns, and use INDIRECT for interactive header dropdowns.
Learn the difference between Excel COUNT and COUNTA, plus TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER tricks, so you clean text and totals with confidence.
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