There are dozens of reasons to make a spreadsheet like business presentations, school presentations, budgeting, habit-tracking, book-tracking and managing the kids’ chores. But how do you make your ...

Today’s topic may seem like an unnecessarily basic one, but I can tell you that nine out 10 shared spreadsheets I receive from team members are unusable for analysis because they can’t be sorted. I’m ...

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Learn how to create a dropdown that automatically highlights matching rows in your spreadsheet. A simple trick to make your ...

Learning how to use tools like Excel and Google Sheets more effectively will quickly enhance your daily work. Alas, spreadsheets can be a pain in the ass. Grids of numbers, obscure menus, arcane ...

Implementing a drop-down list in Excel is a quick and efficient way to choose predefined data. In the process, you’re able to save time compared to manually entering such data into a given spreadsheet ...

Data bars are a powerful visual tool you can apply in Excel to help people understand the data you're presenting. Data bars are a form of conditional formatting that changes depending on the data ...

Excel is still my spreadsheet workhorse, but VS Code handles the awkward file-level jobs I don't want Excel touching.

Microsoft 365’s UNIQUE() function is a great reason to upgrade. Combine UNIQUE() and SORT() to generate unique lists with a single formula. Lists are a fundamental part in almost any Microsoft Excel ...