How to Create Advanced Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets

Looking to become an Excel power user? Excel has a number of features that will make it easier for you and your colleagues to enter data into your spreadsheets. If you’re developing a spreadsheet that you’ll use over and over again, inserting a spin button or scrollbar will allow you to choose from a predefined […]

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Work Faster in Microsoft Excel: 10 Secret Tricks

Excel puts lots of great tools on your desktop, but what each one of them does isn’t always obvious, especially since so many Excel features are hidden. Would you like to create multiple lines of text within a cell? There’s a keystroke for that. What if you want to reuse a chart’s formatting on another […]

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20 Excel Tips for Becoming a Spreadsheet Pro

There are very, very few people on planet Earth who could ever say they’ve completely mastered every intricate little thing about Microsoft Excel. It’s the world’s premiere spreadsheet application, and has been the industry standard for over 20 years, replacing the once-venerable Lotus 1-2-3, the first killer app for PCs in the 1980s. Microsoft Excel’s […]

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Excel's table object

10 reasons to use Excel Tables

Excel tables offer several advantages over data ranges. Here’s a look at some of the handy things tables enable you to do. Tables began as lists in the menu version of Excel, but they’ve become more powerful in the Ribbon versions. Converting a data range into a table extends functionality, which you can then use […]

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Excel Headings Without Merging Cells

Center Excel Headings Without Merging Cells

If you’ve ever tangled with merged cells in your Excel spreadsheets, you probably know about the havoc they can wreak on things like sorting or filtering.  Beyond that merged cells can also make the simple act of selecting a range of cells difficult.  I know that button for centering across multiple columns is sitting right up there on […]

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