Excel gives the answer 10. If you have a mathematical background, you’ll know why Excel gives a different answer to such a simple calculation — and why, technically, Excel is right. If you don’t have ...

Excel's main function is to interlink cells, through the use of formulas, so that the formula cell changes when data is inputted into linked cells. The best way to store information in spreadsheets is ...

Today’s topic may seem like an unnecessarily basic one, but I can tell you that nine out 10 shared spreadsheets I receive from team members are unusable for analysis because they can’t be sorted. I’m ...

One easy way to manage your money better is by laying everything out in a spreadsheet. You may think only businesses need them, but everyone needs to keep track of their finances. A spreadsheet is ...

The CHOOSECOLS formula is a catalyst when it comes to selecting specific columns from a table. This formula allows you to streamline your data analysis process by quickly and easily extracting the ...

Excel's basic formulas work fine for simple calculations, but they quickly become cumbersome when you're dealing with complex data analysis. You end up with nested functions that are hard to read, ...

After years of wrestling with messy spreadsheets, I've discovered four Excel functions that save me hours every week by automating tedious tasks most people do manually. I stopped using VLOOKUP years ...

Google Spreadsheets is a free, Web-based spreadsheet tool from Google that does a surprisingly good job as a basic number cruncher, and the price is right. Google began accepting sign-ups to ...

In the world of corporate finance, spreadsheets are core. Whether it’s managing a profit and loss statement or developing financial and headcount plans, spreadsheets are a daily part of a corporate ...