Microsoft Excel was first released in 1987 and — despite popular competitors such as Google Sheets — is still used by millions of businesses throughout the world. Described as the “world’s most ...

As a long-time Excel user, I have learned a few tricks that have helped me in my career. Excel is one of the best resources available to summarize any type of numerical information, and being ...

SUMIF, SUMIFS, AVERAGEIFS, and COUNTIFS are commonly used accounting functions in Microsoft Excel. These formulas are used to calculate cell values based on the criteria you have described or ...

The generally accepted accounting principles give an accounting guideline that allows third parties to fairly evaluate account records. The Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board keeps a handbook ...

Many people write Excel formulas for the computer, but experts write them for people. If your logic looks like a wall of text, it's a liability. These five simple habit shifts will help you tidy your ...

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In today’s fast-paced business environment, efficient and accurate financial reporting is crucial for making informed decisions. Manually consolidating and transforming financial data from multiple ...

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Not everyone is an Excel spreadsheet expert and you may not always know how to write the formulas you need for a given data set. If you're having trouble figuring out the right formula for your data ...

Many of us fell in love with Excel as we delved into its deep and sophisticated formula features. Because there are multiple ways to get results, you can decide which method works best for you. For ...