For many small business owners, Microsoft Excel is not only a powerful tool for internal tracking and bookkeeping, but it can also be used to prepare documents for distribution to partners or ...

Have you ever found yourself endlessly dragging formulas across rows or columns in Excel, only to realize there’s got to be a better way? Maybe you’ve spent hours creating helper columns or ...

Reference: The cell or range of cells or range of cells for which you want to return the column number. It is optional. You will notice that the cell will return the cell number of the cell that ...

Have you ever found yourself staring at a massive Excel spreadsheet, wondering how to pull the right information from multiple columns without losing your mind? If so, you’re not alone. Whether you’re ...

Sometimes the current Microsoft Excel data structure doesn’t match requirements of other users and software. Learn how to combine columnar values into a single cell using Microsoft Excel’s Power Query ...

Microsoft Excel's spreadsheet design allows you to quickly calculate values separated into two columns and replicate this calculation without having to manually recreate the formula for each row. As ...

Microsoft Excel's default column charts are fine for a quick glance, but they often feel generic and don't tell the whole story. By making a few small tweaks and using hidden data series, I turn ...

Use implicit And and Or operators with Excel’s Advanced Filter feature to create complex, but powerful, filtering combos. Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in July 2010 and the ...

To sum a Column in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, you can use the AutoSum, the Status Bar, and even the Sum function to calculate values in one or more columns as explained below. One of the quickest ...

Microsoft Excel has lots of features that can help you manage your data. For example, say you have a hundred cells, which are each filled with a first and last name. You can use the "Text to Columns" ...