5 Excel skills every M&E officer needs

Most M&E data still passes through Excel at some point. These five skills make the biggest difference.

1. XLOOKUP — combine data from different sheets without copy-pasting.
2. Pivot tables — summarise thousands of rows by location, gender or quarter in seconds.
3. Data validation — stop typing errors at the source.
4. Conditional formatting — spot outliers and missing data instantly.
5. Power Query — clean and combine monthly reports automatically.

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