Sometimes when I’m working with an Excel worksheet and I want a cell to look a certain way, I run into what appears to be a limitation in the program. It might be trying to enter product numbers with ...

The cells in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet can hold various types of numerical data, including fractions and percentages. If some or all of your cells contain fractions, Excel enables you to convert ...

Build a consistent visual system in Excel using cell styles, including customization, global updates, and workbook-wide reuse ...

Widely shared Excel methods often ignore better tools that improve structure, automation, and maintainability.

Your worksheets will be more polished and easy to read if you learn a few sophisticated formatting techniques. Most Excel users know how to apply basic numeric and text formats. But users who push ...

The accounting format in Microsoft Excel 2010 is very similar to the currency format---both display the currency symbol next to every number. But the accounting format has a few differences that make ...

Conditional Formatting in Excel can be considered a valuable utility that can help visually enhance the data analysis and presentation in the spreadsheet by applying particular formatting based on pre ...

We all know that, when you right click on a cell in an Excel worksheet, it is possible to change the format of the cell, from its numeric type, alignment, and text property to its surround and ...

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 ...