This week's tutorial covers a number functions in Google's Spreadsheet app, Google Sheets. Here we take a practical look at using weekdays in calculations, introduce "if" statements and learn how to ...

Whether you’re tracking sales, managing budgets, or analyzing trends, the challenge of pulling out meaningful insights from an Excel spreadsheet can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. But ...

In Google Sheets, as in other spreadsheet programs, you can set the formatting of a cell (text color, background color) based on the data contained within that cell. This is called "conditional ...

For you advanced users who want to skip ahead: You apply the conditional formatting using a custom formula and some variation on the INDIRECT function. In addition to specifying the column and row, ...

Anyone who knows me knows I’m not a fan of tabular data (data in tables). If you want your data to be persuasive, it needs to be visual. However, when you’re dealing with large data sets that’s not ...

Have you ever stared at a massive spreadsheet, feeling overwhelmed by rows and columns of data that all seem to blur together? You’re not alone. Whether you’re tracking project deadlines, analyzing ...

Use a formula to trigger Excel’s Conditional Formatting feature Your email has been sent If you need a visual clue to hype a worksheet, use Excel's Conditional Formatting feature to help values stand ...

Conditional formatting tricks: Sum values in Excel by cell color Your email has been sent When you think VBA code is your only hope, try combing built-it conditional formatting tools. You might just ...

Alternating row or column colors assists data identification by making the row or column easier to distinguish. In Microsoft Excel, you can achieve this effect using conditional formatting to change ...