In a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, you may have formulas sitting in one cell that require the information within another cell in order to calculate. These relationships are called references. When a ...

If Excel is showing formulas instead of results on your Windows PC, check the cell format, turn off the 'Show Formulas' ...

Learning to use Excel worksheets like relational databases can help you save time, eliminating duplication when managing large projects. A relational database is useful because information resides in ...

Learn how to identify formula cells the easy way using VBA, and then combine VBA and conditional formatting for more permanent identification. If you practice good spreadsheet design, formulas shouldn ...

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Comments in Excel come in handy for documenting your spreadsheet so you can remember what all the formulas are for or to provide instructions for other spreadsheet users. The How-To Geek points out a ...

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Whether you’re tracking sales, managing budgets, or analyzing trends, the challenge of pulling out meaningful insights from an Excel spreadsheet can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. But ...

I'm working with a VERY large excel spreadsheet and I'm trying to apply a bunch of formulas to some sorted data. The way the data is sorted normally, I can't easily apply a formula that will work for ...