Microsoft's spreadsheet program can do way more than you might imagine. These are the hacks and tricks you need to know.

Q. How do the TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions in Excel work? A. Excel’s TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions allow users to quickly split up text in ways that used to require combinations of ...

Have you ever stared at a blank Excel spreadsheet, wondering where to begin or how to make sense of all those rows, columns, and tools? You’re not alone. For many, Excel feels like an overwhelming ...

The introduction of dynamic arrays triggered the biggest change to how we work with Microsoft Excel formulas in years, if not decades. They allow a single formula to spill multiple results into ...

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Microsoft Excel is a widely used spreadsheet software that has been around for decades. To learn Excel, start slowly, play around with the basics, and seek out online tutorials. Excel is part of the ...