Excel is a powerful software that can do more advanced tasks than you may imagine. You can get Excel to automatically update the date in your Excel document each time you open it. Learning how to ...

Using an Excel spreadsheet you can input the dates and descriptions of these events in a random order and then reorganize your spreadsheet data by date.

In Excel, custom input or error messages explain the rules for each field to prevent data-entry errors. Here's how to set them up in a spreadsheet.

How to highlight the due date in Excel when it’s today “That was due today?” We’ve all had it happen. Missing a deadline is easy enough to do even though we do our best to stay on track.

DATEDIF(), which means Date + Dif, is a compatibility function left over from Lotus 1-2-3 that Microsoft adopted in Excel version 2000. It's fallen off current Excel menus, but you can still use ...

Susan Harkins shows you how to format and unlock input cells in Excel at the same time by assigning a modified style.

It's easy to change the date format in Microsoft Excel. You just need to use the "Date" drop-down menu, which gives you plenty of options.