If-Then rules allow you to create colorful business spreadsheets that do more than look pretty. Meaningful colors can help you and others identify data quickly, recognize trends and even spot ...

Q. You explained Excel’s Scenario Manager in your November 2024 Tech Q&A article and Goal Seek in your December 2024 Tech Q&A article. Can you please explain the final What-If Analysis tool: Data ...

Tables, named ranges, line breaks, modern functions, and helper columns make Excel formulas easier to read, audit, and fix.

Much of the data that you use Excel to analyze comes in a list form. You might need to sort the data, filter it, sum it, and perhaps even chart it. Excel tables provide superior tools for working with ...

Microsoft Excel comes packed with several predefined table styles for you to choose from. If you want to format a table, your best bet is to choose from one of the many styles. Now, if the predefined ...

Struggling with disorganized data in Excel can be incredibly frustrating. You have all the information you need, but without connections between tables, it’s like trying to solve a puzzle with missing ...

Create a report using charts: Select Insert > Recommended Charts, then choose the one you want to add to the report sheet. Create a report with pivot tables: Select Insert > PivotTable. Select the ...

You’re probably familiar with selection shortcuts in Microsoft Excel. There are several that select text, sentences, whole paragraphs, and so on, so it should come as no big surprise that shortcuts ...

Microsoft Excel is arguably the greatest spreadsheet application from Redmond, and there’s a good reason so many number crunchers use it for all of their number crunching needs. While using Microsoft ...