Q. I am trying to create a formula in our accounting system, but I keep getting errors. What can I do to get the formula to work? A. All Excel users know how powerful formulas are, but sometimes it ...

Excel's VALUE function has only one argument: where a is the value stored as text that you want to convert into a number.

Excel has over 475 formulas in its Functions Library, from simple mathematics to very complex statistical, logical, and engineering tasks such as IF statements (one of our perennial favorite stories); ...

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Business owners and their office managers or accountants often need to check formula cells in Excel spreadsheets for potential links to a preceding cell or cells ...

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If Excel is not highlighting cells in the formula, read this post to know how to fix the issue. The default behavior of Excel is to highlight the cells that are part of a formula when a user ...

Locking is a handy function in Excel that allows users to lock specific or all cells in a worksheet to prevent any intentional or unintentional editing of them. You can easily lock cells in a sheet by ...

Multiplying an entire Excel column by the results of a formula can be a little tricky, especially if the formula is complicated or subject to change. To simplify to process, use an absolute reference ...

Have you ever stared at a tangled web of Excel formulas, wondering if there’s a better way to make sense of it all? For many, Excel’s LAMBDA function feels like a cryptic puzzle—powerful but ...