To insert a date in Excel that changes with the current date, you can use the Today function.

How to Automatically Insert the Date Onto a Spreadsheet. Microsoft Office Excel offers many tools and processes for automating actions in spreadsheets.

Microsoft Word has a date field, but it's not easy to use in an expression. If you need to update dates in a document, use Excel to calculate the dates and then run a mail merge.

Excel for the web now supports conditional formatting, and the interface is easier to use than the desktop edition. Susan Harkins shows you how to use it.

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.

You can insert blanks rows above or below another in Excel, and you can even add them between each row that has data.