Is Apple’s iWork a viable alternative to Microsoft Office? To find out, we asked Rob Griffiths—our go-to expert on spreadsheets—to use Excel 2008 and Numbers ‘08 to create the same project, ...

Spreadsheet programs are effective tools for successful businesses. These programs can significantly reduce the time needed to create reports and financial statements used to manage a business. Most ...

The planned mid-January release of Office 2008 offers a significant overhaul of the productivity suite's look and features. The previous segment described new features in Word 2008, with some ...

Microsoft has updated Excel to allow developers to programmatically create their own custom data types in the popular spreadsheet program. This update isn't aimed at Excel-using business execs but ...

Some of my reports list Social Security numbers. Since the reports are often viewed by others, I need a convenient but secure way to hide those numbers—such as making only the last four digits visible ...