Ideally, any Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that contains names and addresses breaks up each category of information into separate columns for each significant part. That means, for example, that an ...

Sometimes you need to scan some files for a piece of data like a string, phrase or some number, and one of those files just happens to be an Excel spreadsheet. You could open up the file, launch the ...

Locating missing sequential numbers can be an arduous task when working with long lists of data. For example, you might want to locate business check numbers that haven't been logged into a balance ...

Duplicates in the same column are easy to find by sorting or filtering. Duplicates that span multiple columns require a bit of setup, but the solution's not difficult to implement. Finding duplicate ...

Simpler and faster is always better in Excel. We start with some of my favorite shortcuts, then move on to using Excel for everyday situations such as finding random numbers for passwords, or random ...