Microsoft Excel is a useful tool for managing data sets large and small. But it can quickly turn frustrating if you're unsure how to get the desired outcome to sort your spreadsheet with so many menu ...

From time-to-time users have to add various formulas for computing values in Microsoft Excel. In a situation like this, the user may need the services of the same formula in another cell, row, or ...

Have you ever carefully crafted a formula in Excel, only to watch it unravel into chaos the moment you copy it across columns? It’s a maddening quirk of Excel tables—structured references that seem to ...

I use these functions to summarize data with formulas instead of dialog boxes. That makes it easier to see exactly what's ...

Have you ever found yourself staring at a massive Excel spreadsheet, wondering how to pull the right information from multiple columns without losing your mind? If so, you’re not alone. Whether you’re ...

If Excel is not highlighting cells in the formula, read this post to know how to fix the issue. The default behavior of Excel is to highlight the cells that are part of a formula when a user ...

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That all changed when I discovered two features in Excel most people don't know about: Watch Window and Custom Views. Together, they provided me with a way to track the numbers that matter without ...