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What are Helper Cells?

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Mar 23rd, 2025

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Ann K. Emery teaches you about Helper Cells in Microsoft Excel.

What are Helper Cells, exactly?

In this video, you’ll see 3 examples of these intermediate cells, which give you full editing control over your graphs, maps, and tables.

What’s Inside

  • 0:00 Intro
  • 1:28 What are Helper Cells? Regular Table — Intermediate Table — Graph
  • 1:57 Population Pyramid Example
  • 5:04 Recoding Example
  • 7:15 Map Example

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More about Ann K. Emery
Ann K. Emery is a sought-after speaker who is determined to get your data out of spreadsheets and into stakeholders’ hands. Each year, she leads more than 100 workshops, webinars, and keynotes for thousands of people around the globe. Her design consultancy also overhauls graphs, publications, and slideshows with the goal of making technical information easier to understand for non-technical audiences.

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