Pivot Tables, but without the pain.

As PCMag's resident data journalist, I practically live in Microsoft Excel. I've learned that it's capable of far more than I ...

Do you struggle with subtractions in Excel and end up doing calculations by hand or with your phone’s calculator? Good news: with a couple of basic formulas you can automate everything and gain ...

Have you ever found yourself buried under a mountain of Excel sheets, each holding pieces of data that need to be stitched together into one cohesive whole? It’s a common challenge for anyone working ...

Does your large spreadsheet contain lots of blank rows that serve no purpose? Don't waste time removing these empty rows ...

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 ...

Charts and sparklines are powerful data visualization tools in Excel. Here’s a guide to the most popular chart types in Excel and how to best use them. Microsoft Excel offers a plethora of tools for ...

Computer programs frustrate users when something that worked before stops working, especially when there is no clear indication as to why. With Excel 2007, Excel 2010 and Excel 2013, the "Custom Views ...

Slicers provide an intuitive, user-friendly interface for filtering data in a spreadsheet. Here’s how to create slicers, format them, and use them to filter data in Excel. Spreadsheets’ greatest ...

Have you ever found yourself overwhelmed with multiple Excel sheets, each requiring its own header and footer? This is a common challenge, but there’s a way to automate this process. By leveraging the ...