Excel: the 5 best add-ins

MS Office Excel is an extensive spreadsheet program. However, some functions are denied to the user. Add-ins can help here. We have examined the 5 best add-ins for you.

All shortcuts at a glance with shortcut reference

Shortcuts (key combinations for certain actions) can make working in Excel much more efficient. However, since there are many shortcuts, you quickly lose track of them. The shortcut reference provides a remedy by summarizing the most important shortcuts in an integrated library.

Convert over 160 currencies directly into Excel - with this add-in it works

This practical add-in enables you to convert over 160 international currencies to Excel. The exchange rates are updated daily in the free version. For EUR 10.00 per month, his update interval can be shortened to once an hour.

Spelling out numbers in words made easy

With the Number in Words add-in, you can have any number displayed as a word by Excel. This makes it much easier for you, in particular, to create invoices in Excel.

Manage appointments in Excel

The free calendar for Excel can improve your appointment management. Your advantage: the Excel calendar knows the holidays and vacations in your state and stores them so that you do not lose sight of your days off. In addition, as is typical for Excel, you can apply your own formatting requests and use all other Excel features.

Insert 300 special characters in Excel with a click of the mouse

With the special character assistant you always have all special characters ready. Conveniently, you can use the add-in to select your desired special characters directly from a categorized library and e.g. B. also insert fractions.

Read how to create labels in Excel in the next article.