Excel Time Saving Tips (Free Videos)

Excel Time Saving Tips is a LogTool-curated pointer to short instructional videos covering basic Microsoft Excel commands — Text to Columns, Find & Replace, removing duplicates, the EXACT and VLOOKUP functions, and building Pivot Tables. It is not an independent government tool or system; it is a directory entry linking logisticians to Excel training content hosted on Department of Defense platforms.

What it is

The entry links to short-form Excel how-to videos aimed at logistics and supply personnel who use spreadsheets daily for inventory tracking, reporting, and data cleanup. Topics covered include Text to Columns, Replace, removing duplicate rows, the EXACT function, VLOOKUP, and Pivot Table creation — a practical, task-focused set of skills rather than a full Excel course.

Who operates it

This is not a tool with a single owning program office. The video content is hosted on Department of Defense collaboration platforms rather than produced or maintained by LogTool itself. As of this draft, the primary host referenced historically was milSuite's milTube video-sharing service; milSuite (milBook, milTube, milWiki, milUniversity, milSurvey) was permanently decommissioned by the Army on April 30, 2025, with all platform data deleted and unrecoverable (Army.mil, Joint Base San Antonio public affairs). A secondary/full-resolution copy was referenced as being hosted via a Navy "MyNAVSUP" portal, which is an official Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) resource.

Access

Both referenced video hosts require Department of Defense Common Access Card (CAC) authentication. milSuite required a DoD PKI credential (CAC, NEATS, or Purebred) before its April 2025 decommission. The NAVSUP portal referenced as a fallback (navsup.navy.mil/MyNAVSUP) also sits behind DoD network/CAC access controls. There is no public, unauthenticated way to view the underlying videos; only DoD-affiliated personnel with valid credentials can reach them.

How logisticians use it

Federal and military logisticians who spend significant time in Excel for inventory reconciliation, requisition tracking, or reporting use these short videos as quick refreshers on common time-saving techniques rather than as a full training curriculum. Because the videos are gated to DoD-credentialed users, the practical utility for a general public visitor to LogTool is limited to knowing the resource exists and that it requires a CAC to use.

Related systems

This entry sits alongside other Navy/NAVSUP-hosted internal resources in the LogTool directory, such as the NAVSUP ERP Solution Portal and MyNAVSUP itself, which are separately cataloged tools.