To create data bars in Excel, select your cells and then choose data bars from Conditional Formatting.

Simplify your data transformation by skipping complex parsing expressions and instead using Flash Fill and Power Query in Microsoft Excel. Image: IB Photography/Adobe Stock If you work with imported ...

How to Control Data Conversions in Excel for Windows and Mac Your email has been sent After years of struggling with Microsoft Excel's internal conversion feature, users can now disable Excel's ...

To apply data validation rules to a selected cell or range, head to the "Data" tab on the ribbon, and click the top half of ...

You can remove duplicates in Excel in a few steps. Duplicates can create problems when you're dealing with data.

Copilot is on the way to Microsoft Excel. Or rather, more Copilot is being packed into the popular spreadsheet program. A new COPILOT function is rolling out now to users in the Beta Channel and ...

The MAP function is part of Excel's dynamic array functions and requires Excel 365 or Excel 2021 or later to work. If you're ...

If you see the error “This value doesn’t match the data validation restrictions defined for this cell” when entering a value in an Excel cell, the solutions ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft Excel used to only allow two types of data: text and numbers.