Many Excel tools are optional extras, but these six are essentials I rely on in every workbook.

Every now and then you come across something that Excel doesn’t have a function for which requires you to get fancy and figure out some tricky way to get the job done. While coding up a solution in ...

Let’s be honest— Microsoft Excel is a powerhouse, but it can also feel like a time sink. Whether you’re formatting endless tables, sorting mountains of data, or generating the same reports over and ...

Microsoft Excel has been the premier spreadsheet software for decades, since outdoing the once venerable Lotus 1-2-3, the first killer app for PCs in the 1980s. And Excel's dominance has yet to be ...

Q. I usually like Excel PivotTables, but because they don’t allow me to do certain things, such as delete cells or insert new columns or rows, I’m wondering if there is a reasonable alternative? A.