For decades, Excel worked on a simple principle: you enter a formula into one cell, and it returns a single result into that ...

Excel is one of those tools that we all know and use, but let’s be honest—most of us barely scratch the surface of its true potential. Sure, you’ve probably mastered the basics like SUM or AVERAGE, ...

Have you ever found yourself wrestling with Excel, trying to keep your total rows accurate as your data grows or shrinks? It’s a common frustration—manually updating totals every time something ...

Advanced list solutions are easy thanks to Excel's Table object. If you need a dynamic list, try one of these techniques. The article Five ways to take advantage of Excel list features showed five ...

There are two ways to fix this cause of the #SPILL! error. First, select the entire spill range (or at least the cell or cells causing the blockage), and drag it to another area in the worksheet. On ...

Q. Is it possible to sort a column in Excel using formulas rather than the Data tab’s Sort tool, so the sort process is performed automatically as I update my data? A. Excel has announced a new ...

Users will appreciate a chart that updates right before their eyes. In Microsoft Excel 2007 and Excel 2010, it's as easy as creating a table. In earlier versions, you'll need the formula method.

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