They may look harmless, but they're certainly capable of turning your spreadsheets into traffic jams.

Microsoft Copilot, the new AI-powered tool integrated into Excel, transforms the way you perform data lookup and merging tasks using functions like VLOOKUP and XLOOKUP. This step-by-step guide will ...

Q. In your November Tech Q&A article on Excel’s Scenario Manager, you mentioned two other “what-if” tools: Goal Seek and Data Table. Can you show how those work like you did with Scenario Manager?

If Copilot is missing, not showing, or not working in Excel, enable it in Excel Options, update your license, and check your ...

If it involves numbers, there’s a good chance I’ve already opened Excel and used one of these features for it.

Ever feel like you’re wasting precious time setting up the same Excel workbook formats repeatedly? By creating and using templates in Excel, you can eliminate those repetitive formatting tasks and ...

Q. Are there any alternatives to traditional PivotTables in Excel? A. The first thing that comes to mind is the function GROUPBY. The primary purpose of GROUPBY is to make data analysis easier by ...

If you are wondering how to use the Excel FILTER function with multiple criteria, here’s a tutorial to guide you through the steps and ensure you can efficiently filter and sort your data. The FILTER ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

An intuitive guide for professionals wanting to prepare for the future of Microsoft Excel by building Python in Excel skills ...

Excel is a rich and intelligent software, and a good knowledge of how it works means you’ll be able to use it for many of your business needs, including creating a Point-of-Sale (POS) system. A good ...