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 the "Data Validation" icon if you're using a wide screen, or the left half ...

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

The simplest way to think about SCAN is that it applies a custom calculation to each element in a range/array and returns every intermediate result it produces along the way. If that sounds abstract, ...

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Have you ever opened an Excel file and felt a pang of unease? Rows upon rows of data, cryptic formulas sprawled across cells, and a tangle of manual formatting that seems one misstep away from chaos.

Here we will go through how Excel is structured, where you will find important and smart functions, and various peculiarities you should know. In short, we’ll show you how to make the program work for ...

Have you ever felt limited by the rigidity of Excel PivotTables when creating interactive reports? Many users assume that Excel slicers, the sleek, clickable filters that make data exploration a ...