Ben Richardson
Ben is a director of Acuity Training which he has been running for over 10 years.
He is a Natural Sciences graduate from the University of Cambridge and a qualified accountant with the ICAEW.
He previously worked as a venture capitalist and banker and so had extensive experience with Excel from building financial models before moving to learn SQL, Microsoft Power BI and other technologies more recently.
Master The FIND Function In 5 Minutes
The FIND Function in Excel is useful for locating specific text within a cell. It tells you where the text […]
How To Use The COUNT Function
The COUNT Function in Excel is useful for quickly counting the number of cells in a range that contain numbers. […]
AVERAGE Function Excel – Quick Guide!
The AVERAGE function in Excel calculates the mean value of a group of numbers, balancing out the extremes. It’s like […]
Clean Data With The TRIM Function In Excel
The TRIM Function in Excel is useful for removing extra spaces from text. It’s especially handy when cleaning data imported […]
Excel Tips: The SUM Function
The SUM Function in Excel is useful for: quickly adding up numbers in a range of cells. It’s a basic […]
Decomposition Tree Visuals – Quick Guide!
Power BI has a wide range of visuals, both built-in and ones you can download. Many users stick to the […]
How To Use A Checkbox In Excel
Checkboxes are one of the clearest visual indicators of all time. You can insert multiple checkboxes, to make your spreadsheets […]
Inserting A Check Mark (Tick ✓) Symbol in Excel
Have you ever prepared a checklist in Excel? Checklists give you the feeling of having accomplishing a task. Their utility […]
The Ultimate Guide To Excel Drop Down Lists
What if the key to collaborating in Excel was a different way of making tables? We have all used tables […]
How & When To Create A Data Model [5 Simple Steps]
Excel data models are made to help users integrate data from multiple tables. It is of great use to professional […]
Excel’s LAMBDA Function [Simple Breakdown]
The LAMBDA Function lets you create and modify your own formulas. Instead of creating complex sets of formulas with messy […]
Creating Arrays – Excel Array Formulas
Array formulas are some of the most powerful functions in Excel. But we often find on our courses that they […]