Working with ranges in Excel is a fast and simple way to identify, define, or refer to a single cell, a range (or group) of cells, a specific or constant value, or a formula. Then you can use those ...

You can use the Sum function in Microsoft Office Excel to sum columns of data, whether your data is in an Excel table or is simply a range in a column of your worksheet. The sum of a column of zeros ...

Sync your drop-down menus with table headers using this robust, auto-expanding Named Range trick.

Design is best, but when you're stuck with an existing data structure, it helps to know how to work around trouble. Susan Harkins explains. Excel sheets grow — sometimes by adding new functionality, ...

Even regular users of Microsoft Excel might not be getting as much out of it as they can. Improve your Excel efficiency and proficiency with these basic shortcuts and functions that absolutely ...

This illustrated walk-through (with a demo worksheet) shows how easy it is to create a multi-column search solution using validation lists and conditional formatting. Excel offers numerous ways to ...

What if you could write Excel formulas that practically think for themselves—automatically adjusting to changes in your data without endless tweaking? With the introduction of the dot operator and the ...

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