Tables, named ranges, line breaks, modern functions, and helper columns make Excel formulas easier to read, audit, and fix.

Excel’s formula bar has limitations that make writing, debugging, and managing complex formulas challenging. A new tool, the Advanced Formula Environment (AFE), developed by Microsoft for Excel 2019 ...

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Have you ever followed a YouTube tutorial, carefully copied an Excel formula, and hit “Enter,” only to be met with an error or baffling results? It’s a ...

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 ...

This video explains how to divide numbers in Excel using proper formulas while avoiding common mistakes that lead to errors.

Q. How do I spill formulas in Excel? A. Spilling is a feature available in Excel 365 and later versions. With spilling, you can create a formula in one cell, and that formula will then spill over into ...

Calculating sales tax on prices is something you don't have to worry about if you use Excel. You can add a formula to the spreadsheet you use for invoices, bills of sale or quotes, and that's the end ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Excel is a great program with hundreds of helpful functions. Unfortunately, one function it's lacking is a simple way to merge two or more columns ...

While Microsoft Excel is one of the most powerful spreadsheet applications, it’s also the most intimidating tool in the Microsoft Office suite. If you’ve never used Excel before or are just a bit ...

If Excel is not recognizing functions after reboot, change calculation settings, disable Show Formula, run Excel ...

If you have a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet with a lot of formulas where you don't anticipate the results and inputs will change, it can sometimes be easier to simply replace those formulas with their ...