I once made money moonlighting as a VisiCalc and Lotus 1-2-3 instructor before Steve Ballmer ever typed “=sum(Profits)” in an Excel 1.0 spreadsheet cell. And a friend and former colleague from my ...

Microsoft’s updated spreadsheet tool isn’t getting a lot of new, whiz-bang features, but it is becoming more functional. That’s something both new and experienced users will enjoy—especially a new ...

Spreadsheets are used by businesses around the world to organize data, from sales figures to contact information from customers. But disorganization, including extra rows and columns, can make ...

Q: When I open two Excel files in two instances of Excel and display them on two monitors, I find that I cannot then copy formulas back and forth between the files—only the formula’s calculated value ...

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In this episode of eSpeaks, Jennifer Margles, Director of Product Management at BMC Software, discusses the transition from traditional job scheduling to the era of the autonomous enterprise. eSpeaks’ ...

XLS files are Excel workbook files created in Excel 97 or Excel 2003. The 2007, 2010 and 2013 versions of the program use the XLSX format by default to save workbooks, but can also use the XLS format.

Sparklines are mini charts placed in single cells, each representing a row of data in your selection. But if Sparklines is missing or not showing up in your Excel spreadsheet when opening the file, ...

There are two kinds of Microsoft Excel users in the world: Those who make neat little tables, and those who amaze their colleagues with sophisticated charts, data analysis, and seemingly magical ...

Q. Our company uses Excel 2013 running on Windows, but one of our employees wants to switch to a Mac. If we allow him to do this, will his Mac-based Excel files be compatible with the rest of our ...