Microsoft Excel is one of those skills that you won’t use unless you really need to, and unfortunately those situations tend to come up abruptly: maybe you found a perfect job listing but Excel is a ...

Most people build a PivotTable, drag a field into Values, get a sum, and walk away. That's fine if all you need is a total, but totals on their own are just numbers sitting there. They don't tell you ...

Microsoft Excel has more dataviz capabilities than you may realize. Find out how to make your data stand out with charts, PivotTables, sparklines, slicers and more. Everyone knows Microsoft Excel as a ...

PivotTables in Microsoft Excel are a great way to get insights from big data sets in just a few seconds. However, most people don't make full use of their capabilities, sticking to their basic ...

To display specific values in a PivotTable in Microsoft Excel, use one of the many built-in filters, such as Top 10. In a previous TechRepublic article, How to highlight the top n values in a ...

Microsoft Excel PivotTables do a great job of turning data into meaningful information, but they have one flaw: You can’t easily add grand total rows. Microsoft Excel PivotTables are a great way to ...