Excel is many things: powerful, useful, colorful, handy, but its logic functions can be challenging to newcomers due to their implied logic, and a shorthand syntax designed to fit on a single line in ...

If you're starting to shop around for student loans, you may want a general picture of how much you're going to pay. If you're refinancing existing debt, you may want a tool to compare your options ...

Open a blank spreadsheet in Excel. Label cell A1 "Daily Sales." Label cell B1 "Last 2 Days." Label cell C1 "Running Total," and then set column width to 15 for these three columns. Change the color of ...

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In a nutshell: Formulas are a must for incorporating math into spreadsheets, but using them in Microsoft Excel involves a learning curve and can become tedious. This latest update adds a bit of ...

Originally, Excel was not designed to be a real database. Its early database functions were limited in quantity and in quality. And because every record in an Excel database is visible on the screen ...

Q. I am trying to create a formula in our accounting system, but I keep getting errors. What can I do to get the formula to work? A. All Excel users know how powerful formulas are, but sometimes it ...

Learn advanced filtering in Excel with a criteria area, OR and AND logic, and copy results to isolate the right rows fast.

Calculating Simple Interest is an excellent method to judge your savings in advance. However, calculating it for various interests and principal sums could be complex. This is where Excel comes to ...