When you apply Microsoft Excel's percentage number format to a cell already containing a number, it multiplies the value by 100. This can be frustrating, as there's apparently no easy way to stop this ...

Have you ever felt constrained by the rigid grids and formula-heavy interface of traditional spreadsheets? While Microsoft Excel has long been the go-to tool for data management, Apple Numbers offers ...

Sometimes it's not possible to separate data yourself before putting it into an Excel spreadsheet. Often, the information from old data files gets lumped into a single cell. The same can happen if you ...

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 ...

Excel displays the original number up to 11 digits. When you enter a number that has more than 11 digits, Excel does not display the original value. Instead, it displays the number in the exponential ...

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 ...

Tables, named ranges, line breaks, modern functions, and helper columns make Excel formulas easier to read, audit, and fix.

Everyone on the planet has heard of Microsoft Excel. It’s the world’s analytical infrastructure. Estimates are that 1,500,000,000 people use Excel. Users love it at least twice a day and typically ...

That’s how the Tricolor Holdings founder, in a secretly recorded August phone call, described the blunder that ultimately exposed what authorities allege was a more than $1 billion fraud.