Adding a new column to either an entire spreadsheet or just a portion is an easy thing to do in Microsoft Excel. Here's how.

Excel refers to rows by number and columns by letter, starting the first row at one and the first column with "A". For some purposes, this is fine, but you often want to add your own column labels ...

Click the arrow located in the column header at the top of the list you want to filter. Excel adds filtering controls to column headers automatically.

You can add a column in Excel by right-clicking or using the “Insert” option. These features are helpful for adding new data to a spreadsheet.

Advance Filter in Microsoft Excel is easy to use. Learn how to filter data based on complex conditions in Excel the right way.

This illustrated walk-through (with a demo worksheet) shows how easy it is to create a multi-column search solution using validation lists and conditional formatting.