Most of us use Microsoft Excel in our daily life in many ways. We use it to keep track of tasks to be completed using color coding and people dealing with business, use it to keep track of products ...

You can retrieve stock quotes in Excel by using the MSN MoneyCentral web query – but things have changed a lot now. The new system provides rich, interesting information that you can work with and ...

Have you ever found yourself drowning in repetitive Excel data entry tasks, wishing there was a way to make the process faster, easier, and less prone to errors? Whether you’re managing team schedules ...

Microsoft announced a couple of notable Excel features this month for people who keep track of financial matters. Microsoft on Monday announced the U.S. launch of Money in Excel, which lets users of ...

Calculating returns from your stock portfolio can be a tricky matter, especially if some of your holdings pay dividends, or you make frequent deposits and withdrawals from your account. With Excel and ...

Q. I spend a substantial amount of time entering data into Excel. Do you have any suggestions on ways to make this faster and/or more efficient? A. One of the best data-entry tools to use in Excel is ...

Excel's Focus Cell feature is one of the program's simplest yet most useful additions in recent years. It highlights the row ...

Spreadsheet software is supposed to make life easier, not torture you with endless hours of data entry. Before you curse Excel and wish that you were working back in the good old days of paper ledgers ...

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