W hen you're working with data in Excel, certain tasks can feel unnecessarily tedious. Maybe you need to split a column of full names into separate first and last name columns, or combine text from ...

Array formulas let you perform calculations across entire ranges of data in a single formula. Hence, you can handle lightning-fast lookups, filtering, and sorting with just one po ...

Charts and sparklines are powerful data visualization tools in Excel. Here’s a guide to the most popular chart types in Excel and how to best use them. Microsoft Excel offers a plethora of tools for ...

Placing spreadsheet data into a table quickly formats it and makes it easy to work with and analyze. Here’s how to use this basic yet powerful Excel tool. Tables are one of the fundamental tools in ...

Microsoft Excel is a crucial tool for anyone operating in modern business. But there are risks. For one thing, it can be intimidating for beginners. Furthermore, Excel errors can have devastating ...

They’re easy to learn, and they’ll make you a lot more productive. by Adam Lacey and Deborah Ashby The past 10 years have seen a wave of innovative big data software designed to analyze, manipulate, ...

Power users love to talk about how powerful and awesome Excel is, what with its Pivot Tables, nested formulas, and Boolean logic. But many of us barely know how to find the Autosum feature, let alone ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

Microsoft announced in early 2012 that it would extend support for aging Visual Basic 6 runtimes and code syntax for the entire life cycle of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 and the ...

Spreadsheet software like Microsoft Excel, part of the Office program suite, is essential to the operation of many small businesses. Spreadsheets can be used for tracking almost any aspect of a ...

You can open the Visual Basic Editor by adding the Developer tab to the Excel 2016 Ribbon or using the keyboard shortcut Alt F11. How to enable the Developer tab and ...