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Between Symbol in Excel – is there one in you can use in an IF function?

Rachel — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 08:28:25 +0000

Between Symbol in Excel – does this option exist in Excel to use in your formulas?

This week’s hint and tip is about how you can ‘create’ a between symbol in Excel. There are a number of symbols in Excel and when comparing cells the greater than and less than ones are used a lot. We often get asked if there is a between symbol similar to these two and unfortunately no, but you are able to ‘create’ one using a formula. This formula is covered on our Advanced Excel training course but we decided to do a hint and tip on it with its use in this example too. We are going to go through it now below.

The AND function

The AND function in Excel is a logical function that returns an outcome of TRUE if all the arguments are true and FALSE if at least one argument is false. We can use this AND function to test if something is greater than or equal to and less than or equal to something. This essentially is a way of testing for ‘between’ in Excel.

Using a ‘between’ symbol in an IF function

A reminder of the layout of the IF function can be seen below with explanation of its parts:

=IF(logical test,Value_if_true,Value_if_false)

The logical test is what you are looking for or your ‘question’. Then the ‘Value_if_true’ part is the outcome of the test is true. Finally the ‘Value_if_false’ part is if the outcome of the test is false.

Often the logical test is looking to test if something is greater than or less than something, but you can also test for if something is between something. There isn’t a symbol for this, you have to use the AND function and nest it within the IF function. We’re going to show this below.

Worked example

We are now going to create a formula that allows us to test for ‘between’. As there is no actual symbol on your keyboard for this, we are using the AND function to ‘create’ this symbol. This is then being nested into the logical part of the IF function.

The formula we are going to use is shown below:

=IF(AND(B1>=E1,B1<=E2),B1*E3,E4)

The parts of the formula are explained below:

Logical test: AND(B1>=E1,B1<=E2). This function is testing if B1 is greater than or equal to E1 and also if B1 is less than or equal to E2
Value if true: B1*E3. The outcome if it is true, a percentage calculation to work out the discount
value if false: E4. The outcome if it is false, nothing/zero

As the AND function will only return a TRUE if all the arguments in it are true, this formula will only return TRUE if the cell B1 is ‘between’ the two cells E1 and E2.

The video below explains how you can create this ‘between’ symbol and then use it within your formulas in Excel.

Watch the video below to find out more and then try it out on your computer!

We hope you have enjoyed this hint and tip. Why not take a look at our previous one on using the Evaluate Formula option in Excel?

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LPR – Helping train staff in Excel

John Legge — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 14:46:50 +0000

Our JPL Testimonial on Excel training at LPR

LPR – La Palette Rouge was founded in France in 1992 and specialises in the management and rental of pallets for food manufacturers and European distributors. With over 30 years’ experience and a unique personalised approach, LPR is now the European expert in pallet pooling.

Driving efficiency by providing reusable solutions. In line with their mission, they constantly strive to provide solutions for the sustainability challenges their clients are facing. So, they keep driving efficiency, but always in the most sustainable way.

Their tireless pursuit of innovating sustainable supply chains contributes to circularity. It enables sustainable logistics to become future proof and reduce impact on a daily basis.

How JPL IT Training helped the team

LPR strive to offer development for their employees to help build on existing skills and develop and nurture new ones. Here at JPL, we have been multiple times onsite at LPR to carry out Excel training at varying levels for staff. The courses have helped increase and improve confidence in using Excel for daily jobs as well as building up skills to enable staff to tackle Excel tasks that they might come across in the future. For everyone who attended a course with us, we strived to help ensure attendees left the course equipped with the skills to use Excel to its full potential while hopefully also enjoying the day course too!

Quote from Amy Richards, HR Manager:

“Just wanted to say a big thank you for the brilliant Excel training you provided to our team. Your engaging sessions and practical examples really helped us level up our Excel game!

We appreciate the time and effort you put into customising the training to meet our needs. Your passion for Excel and your patience in guiding us through the various functions and features did not go unnoticed.

Thanks to you, I think all that participated are feeling more confident and ready to tackle any Excel task that comes their way. We’re grateful for your expertise and support.”

For more on the Microsoft Excel training courses we carried out for LPR, view our agendas here.

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Brusco Food Group – Excel training courses to enhance staff skills

John Legge — Sun, 11 Aug 2024 14:38:47 +0000

Our JPL Testimonial on Excel training at Brusco Food Group

Brusco Food Group aspire to set the benchmark for quality, service and integrity so their customers can buy with confidence. Furthermore, they work hard to be a trusted ingredients partner using their knowledge and expertise to bring value to their customers. As a team, they take pride in supplying a range of quality-assured and technically approved ingredients and menu components.

They believe in delivering great service in everything they do and proactively addressing problems if they occur, with honesty and solutions to challenges. Their continued success is a result of the passionate and dedicated team at Brusco who thrive on working together to deliver their purpose.

How JPL IT Training helped the team

Brusco work together as one team and are committed to developing the skills of their employees. Here at JPL, we have been multiple times to carry out Excel training for the staff at the Evesham site from Basic up to an Advanced level. These courses have helped provide important and necessary skills in Excel for staff who have not used it before to developing the existing Excel knowledge of staff who use it daily. For all who have attended, we have endeavoured to help improve their use of Excel to benefit them in their daily tasks and roles in the business.

Quote from Hannah Reece-Mills, HR Co-ordinator:

“John from JPL IT Training has delivered a number of courses for our team including basic, intermediate, and advanced Excel training. John’s expertise and teaching style is exceptional, his clear explanations and practical examples make even the most complex Excel functions easy to understand.

Employees engage and leave the sessions feeling confident. John also provides participants with a comprehensive information pack to take away, ensuring they can always refer back to what they’ve learned for long-term understanding.

Thanks to John, our team is more confident and efficient in using Excel. We would highly recommend JPL IT Training.”

For more on the Microsoft Office training courses we carried out for Brusco Food Group, view our agendas here.

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Excel Missing Numbers in a Sequence – how can I do this in my spreadsheets?

John Legge — Fri, 24 May 2024 12:00:01 +0000

Excel Missing Numbers in a Sequence – can I use functions to find out what numbers are missing?

This week’s hint and tip is looking at Excel missing numbers in a sequence in your spreadsheets. We are looking at a way in which you can use functions to overcome this issue. This isn’t covered in any of our Excel training courses so we decided to do a hint and tip on it. We are going to go through it now below.

Excel missing numbers in a spreadsheet

Excel is used by many on a daily basis and often on spreadsheets with vast amounts of numbers. With there being so many numbers in spreadsheets, we can sometimes miss one without realising it. In this post we see how its possible with some Excel functions to identify missing numbers in a range.

** this solution in Excel to ‘fix’ this problem will only work on pure numbers **

The functions we need to use

We will use two functions to help overcome this issue and ‘fix’ it. The two functions are SEQUENCE and UNIQUE.

=SEQUENCE(cell reference). The cell reference part will contain a number and in its simplest form a column of sequential numbers is generated from 1 up to that number in the spreadsheet.

=UNIQUE(array,[by_col],[exactly_once]). This function returns a list of unique numbers in a list or range.

We can use these two functions in a spreadsheet to work out what number is missing.

The ‘fix’ for working out the missing numbers

So in the attached worksheet A1:A29 contains a sequence with a missing number (11) and underneath that range all the numbers 1 – 15 in sequence. Screenshot can also be seen below.

We have used a function in cell B1 to work out what number is missing in the ‘original’ sequence of numbers. This function being =UNIQUE(A1:A29,FALSE,TRUE). The parts are explained below:

By_col: FALSE means you can compare row by row the cells in 1 column
Exactly_once: TRUE just picks up the numbers used once in that range in this case 11

The video below shows you how to ‘fix’ the issue of having missing numbers in a sequence in your spreadsheet. You can view the spreadsheet in the video here (clicking here will download a copy to your computer so you can try it out!). If you have a long list of numbers it can sometimes be hard to see if one is missing, so this could help save you a lot of time.

Take a look below at the video to find out more and then try them out on your own computer!

We hope you have enjoyed this hint and tip on Excel missing numbers. Why not take a look at our previous video hint and tip on how to insert a chart into your presentations in PowerPoint?

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Chamber of Commerce – Excel Training for Forest Garden Group

John Legge — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:00:24 +0000

Testimonial on Excel training at Forest Garden Group

“We contracted Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce to deliver some bespoke Microsoft Excel training, and we could not be happier with the service provided. Their trainer, John Legge, was able to walk our colleagues through the most basic Excel functions right up to offering a Masterclass service.

All the training delivered was insightful, engaging, and certainly left a lasting impression on all those that attended. We would highly recommend the use of the Chamber and John for training on this vital business tool. We had delegates from a range of departments including finance, sales, HR, customer service and administration – it was relevant to all.”

– Ryan Sayner, Group HR Advisor at Forest Garden Group

How we help Chamber of Commerce training

JPL IT Training Limited have delivered training for the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce for 25 years in Excel, Word and PowerPoint courses for their members. The courses can be run virtually or on site.

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Chamber of Commerce – Excel Training for Baylis & Harding

John Legge — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 10:21:38 +0000

Our JPL Testimonial on Excel training at Baylis & Harding

Baylis & Harding is a quintessentially British brand, family owned and loved by all, they specialise in luxury hand washes and gift sets to bring that every day luxury into every home.

Started off by Granny Baylis and Granny Harding, who filled everything to the brim with no half measures. Being liberal with ingredients to bring a bit of indulgence to their products and create those special moments for people.

Moving forwards the company listens to their customers and evolves the brand to match the changing needs of them and the world around them. Nurturing and developing their luxury brands to be more sustainable and environmentally conscious.

How JPL IT Training helped the team

John carried out Intermediate Excel training for the staff at Baylis and Harding on behalf of the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce.

John helped increase and build on the staffs existing knowledge and use of the Excel package to help improve how Excel can be used effectively in the company.

By the end of the course, the attendees had learned ways and techniques to improve their daily use of Excel in their work.

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Rea Valley Tractors – Excel training courses to enhance staff skills

John Legge — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 11:16:47 +0000

Our JPL Testimonial on Excel training at Rea Valley Tractors

Rea Valley Tractors (RVT) was established over 38 years ago. It is a leading agricultural machinery dealer supplying an extensive range of new and used agricultural and horticultural machinery. This is supported by their professional and fully qualified service technicians and parts departments.

At the core of RVT are three main values: Committed to service, trust and respect and finally teamwork. These are the fundamental principles of the business that bring the company in unity, working together as a team. This enables high standard of customer service and satisfaction, forming a solid foundation to reach the company’s mission, vision and goals.

How JPL IT Training helped the team

RVT is committed to developing and upskilling all of their employees. Ensuring staff are equipped to grow within the company and are provided with the right learning tools to do their jobs with confidence. We provided Excel training to help build up their knowledge and confidence in the package. This then will help staff in their daily tasks and job roles in the company.

Quote from Chloe Bird, Group Training Co-ordinator:

“Recently, our employees were given the opportunity to develop their Excel skills, for this training we chose to use JPL Training to meet these needs.

John delivered the session in a relaxed manner. He ensured that all abilities were catered for and that people were learning at their own pace. For the employees that needed a little more time, they did not feel pressured to move on and for the employees that were a little more advanced, John demonstrated some great tips and tricks!!

The day sessions were interesting, enjoyable and well planned. We can totally recommend this course and have booked for future intermediate training and an advanced bespoke course.”

For more on the Microsoft Office training courses we carried out for Rea Valley Tractors, view our agendas here.

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Chamber of Commerce – Excel training for ISO

JPL — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 12:12:01 +0000

Our JPL Testimonial on Excel training for ISO at the Chamber of Commerce

Yesterday 10 of ISO QSL team members had the honour to attend an Excel training day at Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce at Severn House in Worcester.

John Legge has been an absolute dream of a trainer and made it so engaging that we didn’t even notice how the evening came! Safe to say that we now know all about Fn button (and yes, we love it) and Control + Strange Button! Most of us had a very basic knowledge of Excel and we have definitely gained an in-depth knowledge and learned a lot that we haven’t known before!

Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce and John Legge, thank you so much for having us! The team is already talking about the need for Advanced Excel training!

How we help Chamber of Commerce training

JPL IT Training Limited have delivered training for the Chamber of Commerce Herefordshire and Worcestershire for 25 years in Excel, Word and PowerPoint courses for their members. The courses can be run virtually or on site.

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Ashorne Hill – Training staff in Excel, Word and PowerPoint

JPL — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 16:18:23 +0000

Our JPL Testimonial on Ashorne Hill

Ashorne Hill are a dedicated venue for meetings, training and events in Warwickshire. They provide high quality meeting rooms, conference space and accommodation for companies seeking to take time out for training and conferencing.

This is the meeting block where we trained the staff in July 2022 and the wonderful view across the Warwickshire countryside

How we help Ashorne Hill

JPL IT Training Limited have delivered training for Ashorne Hill in Excel, Word and PowerPoint courses for their staff. The courses were small in numbers therefore allowing a maximum of time time spent with each staff member.

Comments from staff members on the courses

“John was lovely and made sure we were happy before moving on. We were comfortable asking questions. Lucy”

“Very friendly trainer. Fun whilst learning. Sally”

“Best part of the course – all the shortcuts and John!!”

To learn more about the Microsoft Office training courses we have carried out for Ashorne Hill, view our agendas here.

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On-line Microsoft Office Training | From JPL IT Training Limited

JPL — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 09:49:08 +0000

On-line Microsoft Office Training from the team at JPL IT Training Limited

Since the middle of March 2020 and the start of the Coronavirus we have been able to deliver via Webex a series of short on-line Microsoft Office training courses in Excel, Word and PowerPoint. The length of these sessions tend to be between 2 and 3 hours long. These have gone down particularly well as they are short in duration. This shorter length means that they can be fit in during the day a bit easier. Also it means that you don’t have to set aside a whole day to attend it! We have also conducted virtual consultancy for a number of our customers to help with a specific need or issue.

Due to the face that are shorter sessions have gone well we have created some new courses. We are launching 3 brand new short courses and can deliver these on line for individuals and groups. The topics for these courses can be seen below and you can view the agendas by clicking on the titles.

Courses

Excel Hints and Tips – 2 hours

Word Hints and Tips – 1.5 hours

PowerPoint Creating a Presentation Course – 2 hours

These on-line Microsoft Office training courses are ideally suited for beginners in Excel, Word and PowerPoint. They all contain many unknown shortcuts helpful for more experienced users of Microsoft Office.

If you are interested in any of the courses mentioned above, please get in touch. We can give you more information on each course and chat about your training needs. Contact us by emailing at johnlegge@jplcomputer.co.uk or by calling 07903 840105.

Want to know more about the remote training that we offer? Then please click here for more information on the remote training we can offer. Otherwise if you are interested in knowing more about our standard courses, then please click here for more information.

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