Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

An curved arrow pointing right. True Excel experts use keyboard shortcuts instead of a mouse to do everything from navigating to formatting. If you master these basic shortcuts you will be halfway ...

Have you ever stared at a massive spreadsheet, feeling overwhelmed by rows and columns of data that all seem to blur together? You’re not alone. Whether you’re tracking project deadlines, analyzing ...

When you use Microsoft Excel to analyze your company's data, you want to spot trends, successes and problems at a glance. Before you dive into an in-depth examination of specific sales results, ...

The Format Painter in Excel lets you copy formatting from one cell or group of cells to another cell or group of cells ...

Use Excel’s conditional formatting feature to display simple icons Your email has been sent Understanding your data and how Excel's conditional formatting works is the key to accurately using icons to ...

In my post on table formatting, I demonstrated how to transform your static data into a simple yet sexy database in a matter of seconds. If you don’t know how to use table formatting, go read that ...