Have you ever opened an Excel spreadsheet and felt instantly overwhelmed by its endless rows, columns, and cryptic formulas? You’re not alone. Many people see Excel as a labyrinth of complexity, ...

It’s not hard to add an alternating band format to a table by applying a table style. It’s quick and easy, but it’s limited. You’ll get a single-row fill color that alternates with a row of white (or ...

Microsoft Excel 2007's conditional formatting feature allows you to format cells based on certain criteria. As an example, you might want the row color to change based upon a credit or debit on a ...

Microsoft Excel's Formula by Example helps automate repetitive tasks in structured tables in Excel for the Web. The tool is similar to Flash Fill, though it generates dynamic formulas that update with ...

I used to think the "Save as type" drop-down menu in Excel was just a list of legacy junk. I was wrong. It's actually a toolkit of superpowers that can shrink massive workbooks, turn macros into ...