Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet application that you can use to record data, make calculations and create charts. In this article I’ll introduce you to the basics of working in Excel. We’ll look at ...

Whether you employ a single part-time consultant or a dozen full-time workers, the people who work for you are your most important -- and often your most expensive -- resources. Appraising and ...

Tracking the time your employees take off needn't cause you a headache. With Microsoft Excel you can set up a workbook that can organize all sick days, personal days and any other days you need to ...

Create a report using charts: Select Insert > Recommended Charts, then choose the one you want to add to the report sheet. Create a report with pivot tables: Select Insert > PivotTable. Select the ...

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Microsoft Excel is probably the best tool to create an invoice, report card, or almost anything involving numbers. Everybody uses Excel, either offline or online. This Microsoft tool has been helping ...

Create an Excel function to highlight formula cells in a worksheet Your email has been sent With the help of a simple function, Excel's Conditional Formatting feature can save you time and effort.

Often when you’re working with Excel you will use a calculation that is not available as a built-in Excel function. If you make this calculation repeatedly, you can save having to write the ...

Excel does not always handle a cluttered page very well, especially if you intend to use a workbook on multiple versions of Excel. In this example we will use the Worksheet_SelectionChange event as a ...

If you update recurring data, such as monthly sales figures, you might create a copy of a completed sheet to use as a starting point. For instance, when you’re ready to start tracking February’s sales ...