Excel Tips3 Nov 2025

How to simplify complex calculations with custom functions

Did you know that you can transform the way you can build models, reports and schedules with custom functions?

This episode guides you on how they make complex calculations cleaner and easier to maintain. You'll also learn practical ways to document, test and reuse these functions for consistent results.

In this episode, an Excel expert will:

Explain how to create custom functions using the LAMBDA function

Outline how the LET function works

Demonstrate creating a loan schedule "mega formula"

Cover useful functions like HSTACK and VSTACK

Perfect for accountants, analysts and finance professionals ready to take Excel mastery to the next level.

Tune in now.

Host: Neale Blackwood CPA. He has more than 20 years of experience as a Microsoft Excel educator and is the author of more than 200 INTHEBLACK articles as well as a book, Advanced Excel Reporting for Management Accountants.

There is a useful companion video to go with this episode of Excel Tips.

And you can read more of Neale's Excel articles on INTHEBLACK.

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