Formulas are powerful tools for performing calculations and analyzing data in Excel. In this beginner’s guide, you’ll learn how to use formulas and explore some popular built-in functions. One of the ...

Life is hectic, and juggling dozens of apps for the "must-do" chores adds to the noise. Since I already work in Excel daily, ...

Excel has over 475 formulas in its Functions Library, from simple mathematics to very complex statistical, logical, and engineering tasks such as IF statements (one of our perennial favorite stories); ...

Locking is a handy function in Excel that allows users to lock specific or all cells in a worksheet to prevent any intentional or unintentional editing of them. You can easily lock cells in a sheet by ...

Q. How do I spill formulas in Excel? A. Spilling is a feature available in Excel 365 and later versions. With spilling, you can create a formula in one cell, and that formula will then spill over into ...

Messy Excel formulas are more than just an eyesore—they're harder to maintain. Every repeated cell reference and tangled ...

Have you ever stared at an Excel spreadsheet, overwhelmed by its complexity, and thought, “There must be a better way to do this”? You’re not alone. Despite being one of the most widely used tools for ...

Excel functions, or formulas, lie at the heart of the application’s deep well of capabilities. Today we’ll tackle IF statements, a string of commands that determine whether a condition is met or not.

Q. I have an Excel workbook that contains many tabs. We have a “Total” tab, but the formulas to sum all of those tabs gets very complicated. Plus, new worksheets get added and the formulas have to be ...

If you have a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet with a lot of formulas where you don't anticipate the results and inputs will change, it can sometimes be easier to simply replace those formulas with their ...

Formulas are one of the most important components of an Excel sheet and as such, deserve–warrant–protection. You don’t want users accidentally changing formulas and impacting the purpose of your work.

Numbers by themselves seldom convey the big picture. Excel Charts makes it easy to illustrate trends in your business, from past expenses and profit to sales forecasts based on previous sales. T*o* ...