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There are numerous built-in functions in Excels which help you to speed up the process for speeding up specific tasks. Because Excel was not only created for professionals, but for people all over the world, the Excel team really wanted to make sure that you can make your way around the spreadsheet as soon as possible. Here are some of the most popular Excel built-in functions that you will use in your time working in an Excel worksheet.

CLEAN – This function will remove everything that cannot be printed later on. This function will save you a lot of time from having to go back and edit the symbols and letters that your printer will avoid.

TRIM – Removes spaces that are duplicates at the beginning or the end of a text string. Spaces can be very annoying both in your spreadsheet and then especially when you are trying to code something. This built-in function will get rid of all the unwanted spaces so that you don’t have to spend any time doing it yourself.

LOWER – This function will make sure that any text which is part of this code will be converted to the lower case. There is almost nothing more annoying than having to manually click next to individual letters over and over again just because you want to change the letter to lower case.

UPPER – Similarly, this function will convert all letters in a text string to the upper case, so that you don’t have to go back and type them all again.

FIXED – This function will round a number to a specified number of decimal places. This is great for when you are asking Excel to make automatic calculations by using formulas, and then you need it to make sure that the given numbers are restricted to a particular decimal place.

VALUE – Converts text into a number. This is something that you will be using when, for example, you want to turn the names of months in the year into their equivalent numbers. Or perhaps if you want to convert the names of the days of the week into numbers as well.

REPLACE – Replaces one string of text with another string of text that you have specified in the remained of the code. This is very useful for when you want to edit content in your spreadsheet and make sure that the entire spreadsheet is using the right text as information.

IFERROR – This is a great function that will check for errors in the area that you have specified. If there are any errors spotted, the code will notify you about the problem right away so that you can easily go back and fix it before it’s too late. This is one of the best built-in functions to make sure that all of the work you do in your spreadsheet is of the highest accuracy.

ERROR.TYPE – Looks for errors in cells and then returns with information telling you what kind of error has been made. This can really help you to make sure that you can fix the error quickly, and not have to spend time going back and forth looking for what could be the cause of the problem.

ISBLANK – Looks for cells that have been left blank. It is not always a bad thing for a cell to be blank, but if you want to check if you have entered all of your data into the required range, this built-in function can help you to quickly find a location where you might have forgotten to enter a value.

TYPE – Tells you what type of data has been entered into a particular cell or a particular cell range. This is a great function for bringing you closer to the content that you are working with in Excel, and make sure that everything you are working with is based on accurate information.

CELL – Returns all information that is based on a particular cell that you have selected to provide you with more information. Great for staying up to date with how your cells are doing and if there is anything in them that may need to be changed.

INFO – Returns the information about the current environment that you are working in. it is a great function that will help you to find any errors that may have occurred in your environment along the way.

LOOKUP – Looks for a specific value of data within your spreadsheet, and then notifies you when this value has been found – whether in a single location or perhaps in multiple locations. This is an excellent built-in function to help you search for information instantly in your spreadsheet.

MAX – Returns the largest value from a specified range. You can use this in any range across your spreadsheet, as long as you make sure to insert the right range as part of your code.