Microsoft Excel’s conditional formatting is a wonderful “automatic” feature that allows you to formats cells based on the value of those cells or the value of the formulas in those cells. For example, ...

A sales report should reflect changes to its underlying data quickly and accurately. For that reason, it often makes sense to format a report in the same program that holds the report's data. A ...

To apply the dollar currency to a value, select the cell, press Ctrl+1 to launch the Format Cells dialog box, and select "Currency" or "Accounting" in the Number tab. Then, choose the dollar symbol ...

Microsoft's spreadsheet program can do way more than you might realize. These are the hacks and tricks you need to know.

When you run a small business, specialized software might not be in your budget. Fortunately, the statistical application JMP includes an add-in that makes it possible to transfer data to and from ...

While Microsoft Excel is one of the most powerful spreadsheet applications, it’s also the most intimidating tool in the Microsoft Office suite. If you’ve never used Excel before or are just a bit ...

Q. When I paste a large amount of data into Excel containing dates as far back as the 1800s, the recent dates display correctly as valid dates, but the older dates automatically convert to text. I ...

2 ways to display negative numbers in red in Microsoft Excel Your email has been sent To enter a negative value into a Microsoft Excel sheet, precede the value with a hyphen character, (-), which ...

Excel's templates use Microsoft's restrained but elegant designs, less elaborate than Apple's templates for its Numbers spreadsheet, but more than good enough for graphic-intensive users. The File ...