Your summarizations, analyses, projections, reports and so on, are only as good as your data. It’s important that you use every resource available to protect the validity of the data, which means you ...

You can easily create a drop-down list in Excel to limit the values that can be entered in a column. Here's how to set one up ...

This is my simple way to use the VLOOKUP function in Excel to find data fast. I walk through how I use VLOOKUP to look up ...

Microsoft Excel 2010 stores data within cells, which are simply segregated pieces of the spreadsheet that Excel can then reference to work with the value in the cells. Since not every ...

Excel's data validation feature is more versatile than you might think. Learn how to use literal values, input values, list values, and even formulas to restrict input date values using data ...

If the numbers you need to crunch come from the Web, then you’ll need an efficient way to get it into Microsoft Excel. There are several ways you can do this, and one method even allows for automatic ...

Capturing and organizing customer or prospect email addresses is the first basic step toward compiling a mailing list. If you've used Microsoft Excel to enter and organize the addresses, the next step ...

It's easy to change the date format in Microsoft Excel. You just need to use the "Date" drop-down menu, which gives you ...