As PCMag's resident data journalist, I practically live in Microsoft Excel. I've learned that it's capable of far more than I ...

Removing Excel's gridlines reduces visual clutter, enhances charts and tables, and helps you design more app-like dashboards.

Q. I spend a substantial amount of time entering data into Excel. Do you have any suggestions on ways to make this faster and/or more efficient? A. One of the best data-entry tools to use in Excel is ...

To begin, you need to enable the Developer tab in Excel. This tab provides access to the tools required for form creation, but it is not enabled by default. To enable ...

Excel is a rich and intelligent software, and a good knowledge of how it works means you’ll be able to use it for many of your business needs, including creating a Point-of-Sale (POS) system. A good ...

Navigating through a complex Excel workbook or spreadsheet can be a real headache, especially when you’re dealing with multiple sheets and endless data. But what if there was a way to simplify this ...

Your Excel 2013 spreadsheets can benefit from page headers and fixed column titles, also called description rows. They allow readers to follow your pages and understand content easier, because the ...

Dropdowns are useful features that simplify data entry and enforce data validations in spreadsheet software. Creating a dropdown list is easy. And you might have done that already in Excel. But did ...

Microsoft recently announced that they are adding a feature to Excel that will allow Python code to be embedded and used for advanced analytics. That made me wonder if it might be possible to create ...

Microsoft 365’s UNIQUE() function is a great reason to upgrade. Combine UNIQUE() and SORT() to generate unique lists with a single formula. Lists are a fundamental part in almost any Microsoft Excel ...