Your summarizations, analyses, projections, reports and so on, are only as good as your data. It’s important that you use every resource available to protect the validity of the data, which means you ...

Susan Harkins shows you how to format and unlock input cells in Excel at the same time by assigning a modified style. It’s common to highlight input cells so users know which values to change, and ...

Unless someone's calculator needs an upgrade, one plus one usually adds up to two. With Microsoft Excel, you can put that math to work when you input two separate columns of data into a single ...

Spreadsheet software is supposed to make life easier, not torture you with endless hours of data entry. Before you curse Excel and wish that you were working back in the good old days of paper ledgers ...

Microsoft Excel is an incredibly capable and complex spreadsheet program. If you’re just getting your feet wet, these tips will help you get started on making a spreadsheet and writing a formula. Once ...

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Using a formulaic reference to the total on another Excel 2013 sheet creates a dynamic link between the two cells. When the original total changes, the updated figure is automatically forwarded to the ...

Select all the relevant cells, and in the Data tab, click the main part of the split "Data Validation" button. Then, click ...

A practical guide to Excel sheet formulas, covering essential functions for faster calculations, cleaner data, and smoother ...