Have you ever grouped data in Excel only to find your months sorted alphabetically instead of chronologically? It’s a frustrating quirk of the GROUPBY function, one that can turn a clean dataset into ...

Can Excel sort by color? Absolutely. In addition to sorting by values, Excel can sort by cell color, font color, and cell icon. First, you must you must define the colors for your sort columns/fields.

Have you ever found yourself wrestling with Excel, trying to make sense of messy data or create reports that actually tell a story? Whether you’re a seasoned pro or just starting out, Excel can ...

Excel has several advanced sorting options, but most of us never venture beyond the ordinary alphabetic and numeric sorts. If you need more than a simple sort, check out Excel’s advanced sorting ...

Excel's ascending and descending sort options are powerful tools, but they won't always sort values in a familiar and meaningful way. When this is the case, you might need a custom sort. Sorting is a ...

One of the most popular tasks in Microsoft Excel is filtering dates by month, or another particular criterion. However, there are times when the Excel date filter grouping does not work as intended, ...

<br><br>If that's not clear, here's a screenshot of what I mean. I happen to be viewing that in Excel 2007 but they're using E2k3. This grouping/"outline" is an Excel thing.<br><br>This was generated ...