6 everyday Excel tricks I discovered too late (but learned in seconds)

I'll admit: sometimes I get bogged down in Excel's power-user features, from Power Query and the Data Model to Python. But when I stop and think about the things that actually help me every day, it's often the little discoveries I picked up accidentally along the way. These are six Excel tricks I wish I'd stumbled upon earlier—and the best part is, each one takes seconds to learn.