Have you ever stared at a massive spreadsheet, feeling overwhelmed by rows and columns of data that all seem to blur together? You’re not alone. Whether you’re tracking project deadlines, analyzing ...

With Microsoft Excel, you can simplify data entry by adding a drop-down list to a cell, allowing users to pick an option from the list instead of entering data. You can further tailor the spreadsheet ...

Understanding Excel’s conditional formatting rules can help prevent unintended results Your email has been sent Avoid frustration and unintended formatting by learning how Excel applies conditional ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Excel holiday information Last year, I showed you a dynamic approach to using conditional formatting to highlight weekends in a ...

Software engineer Chandoo shares some Excel conditional formatting tricks that make for good-looking and useful spreadsheets, like a Gantt chart. Conditional formatting makes a cell look a certain way ...

Create a self-updating Excel checklist with checkboxes, IFS due-date priority, and a progress data bar for faster tracking.

I feel like I'm on the cusp of figuring something out, but I'm not quite there. Got a spreadsheet with drop-down for eleven options. Two categories should be red, two green, and seven yellow. I can do ...

Last month, we used conditional formatting to highlight holidays in a matrix-style calendar; we added this enhancement to an earlier article that used conditional formatting to highlight weekends. By ...