When something so obvious is available in competitors, even in other Microsoft programs and features, and Excel is only now getting it. When working with Excel, one would expect that pivot tables, ...

Learn the secret to building interactive Excel reports with slicers and disconnected tables—no PivotTable needed for dynamic filtering.

It’s the end of the month, and you’re staring at a mountain of Excel spreadsheets that need updating. You sigh, knowing that hours of tedious work lie ahead. But what if I told you there’s a way to ...

Here's how Excel processes that request. First, the SORT function arranges the entire table by sales amount in descending ...

While you can certainly copy and paste data from a network or Web-based external source into Excel, importing the data by connecting to it provides an added benefit. If the information in the primary ...

Pivot Tables are meant to simplify (and partially automate) the ways you can organize and interpret the various data points in your spreadsheets. Think of it as a way to make either Excel or Sheets ...

Excel 2007's new table feature eliminates the need to copy formulas; once you define a data range as a table, Excel will do it for you! Tables are new to Excel 2007 ...

Q. Is there a quick way to format tables in Excel? A. An AutoFormat option in Excel will format your table and allow you to choose from several options. Let’s use the completely unformatted table in ...

Wouldn’t it be great if you could be an Excel wizard without putting in all the time and effort needed to learn how to get around Excel and make it do what you want it to do? Formulas are one of the ...

Users will appreciate a chart that updates right before their eyes. In Microsoft Excel 2007 and Excel 2010, it's as easy as creating a table. In earlier versions, you'll need the formula method.