Editorial Note: Forbes Advisor may earn a commission on sales made from partner links on this page, but that doesn't affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. A Microsoft Excel spreadsheet is one ...

Drop-down lists in Microsoft Excel (and Word and Access) allow you to create a list of valid choices that you or others can select for a given field. This is especially useful for fields that require ...

The ease with which you can create a line graph in Excel on your PC or Mac will do much to dispel the misconception that the program is arcane and unapproachable. With just three clicks of a mouse (or ...

Microsoft Excel lets you create simple forms that your users can enter data. To save them time and make sure you get the information you need, you can create a drop-down box that limits the users to ...

Microsoft Excel allows users across the globe to perform common and complex calculations, and it helps individuals to complete complicated work or assignments given to them. One of the most important ...

Juggling customer details, remembering follow-ups, and keeping track of every interaction can be overwhelming for small ...

Apples iWork 08 boasts improvements to the software suites word processing and presentation applications, but—more importantly—it fills the suites spreadsheet hole with Numbers. eWEEK Labs ran Numbers ...

Daniel Jassy, CFA, is an Investopedia Academy instructor and the founder of SPYderCRusher Research. He contributes to Excel and Algorithmic Trading. Return on investment (ROI) measures the amount of ...