TOP 25 Basic Excel Formulas for Beginners (2025) | Step-by-Step Excel Guide • SUM and SUMIF – calculate totals with or without conditions • COUNT and COUNTA – count values (with or without blanks) • IF and VLOOKUP – apply logic and look up values from tables • CONCATENATE and LEN – combine text and measure length • PROPER, UPPER, TRIM – clean and format text correctly • LOWER – convert text to all lowercase easily • NOW and TODAY – get current date and time dynamically • YEAR, MONTH, DAY – extract parts of a date (year, month, day) • LEFT, RIGHT, MID – extract specific characters from text • MIN and MAX – identify smallest and largest values quickly • LARGE and SMALL – find ranked top or bottom values in a range • PRODUCT – multiply numbers efficiently in your spreadsheet • COUNTBLANK – count how many cells are empty in a range • AVERAGE – calculate the average (mean) of a group of numbers • IF + AND / OR / IFS – apply complex conditions with ease • TRIM – remove extra spaces from text • TEXT – format numbers and dates as custom text • VLOOKUP – search for data vertically within a table range ✅ These formulas are used daily by professionals in: • Accounting • Finance • HR • Operations • Data entry • Project tracking • Reporting and dashboards 💡 By the end of this video, you'll be confident with Excel basics and ready to build more advanced formulas and automate your work. ⏱️ Use the chapters to skip to any function you want to review.