Have you ever grouped data in Excel only to find your months sorted alphabetically instead of chronologically? It’s a frustrating quirk of the GROUPBY function, one that can turn a clean dataset into ...

Microsoft Excel has a great sorting feature that works quite well. However, it is possible to use this feature to sort cells based on their color. Multiple colors are supported, and from our testing, ...

Excel’s ascending and descending sort options are powerful tools, but they won’t always sort values in a familiar and meaningful way. When this is the case, you might need a custom sort. Sorting is a ...

The Excel software automatically expands rows and columns when you sort data and more room is needed for the extra data. You can stop this feature from occurring in the Excel AutoCorrect properties ...

Q. Is it possible to sort a column in Excel using formulas rather than the Data tab’s Sort tool, so the sort process is performed automatically as I update my data? A. Excel has announced a new ...

Move beyond the basics of sums and averages. These tips open up all kinds of opportunities for working with spreadsheet data. Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in Sept. 2012 and the ...

If you are unable to sort data in Excel due to the “All the merged cells need to be the same size” error, use the solutions provided in this article. It is clear ...