You're ONE DOT Away from Cleaner Excel Reports | Before vs. After TRIMRANGE

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Still getting annoying zeros or blank rows when referencing entire columns in Excel?
🚫 Say goodbye to messy formulas and complicated workarounds.
✅ Just add a dot (.) — Technically called Trim References / Trim Refs - or use the new TRIMRANGE function — and Excel will automatically clean up your dynamic ranges. So you can finally reference the full column (ok. you probably should still stick to a range or better an Excel table if possible)

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00:00 Introducing the New Excel TRIMRANGE Function
00:59 How to Use the Dot: Trim Refs in Excel
03:14 How to Use TRIMRANGE Function
04:15 Clean Unique Lists Without Zeros Using TRIMRANGE or Dot
05:01 Combine Data Across Sheets with VSTACK + TRIMRANGE
07:27 Get the Last 12 Months of Data with TAKE
09:17 Wrap Up

Availability: Excel for Microsoft 365 - TRIMRANGE is generally available.

In this video, you’ll discover:
How the dot operator (Trim Refs) instantly removes trailing and leading empty cells
How TRIMRANGE automatically expands/contracts with your data — no more OFFSET or INDEX hacks
A cleaner way to create dynamic lists, charts, and reports
How to combine data across sheets without dragging blank rows along
The modern, simple formula to get the last 12 months of data
When to use TRIMRANGE vs. Excel Tables (and why you might switch depending on the task)

TRIMRANGE is a game-changer. It automatically detects the actual cell range your data lives in — and grows or shrinks with it. No more writing dynamic named ranges. No more formula frustration.

Even better: The new dot operator is a shorthand for TRIMRANGE. Just add a dot after your column reference, and Excel handles the cleanup for you.

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