VLOOKUP has been the go-to function for looking up data in Excel for years, but it comes with limitations. You can only ...

To create data bars in Excel, select your cells and then choose data bars from Conditional Formatting.

You can make a line graph in Excel in a matter of seconds using data already entered into the spreadsheet.

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If you've used data validation in Excel before, you probably selected the relevant cells, clicked "Data Validation" in the ...

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Nearly a year after Microsoft Word celebrated its 41st anniversary in November 2024, another cornerstone of productivity software, Microsoft Excel, is marking a major milestone. Excel turns 40 this ...

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