Microsoft Excel allows you to crunch a myriad of numbers to meet your calculation requirements. Although times can be calculated without special formatting, your personal needs may require that you ...

One of the most common problems with some Excel workbooks (and other types of spreadsheets) is painfully slow load times and updates. There are three typical cuprits: too many calculations, too much ...

Excel’s Date & Time functions ease the workload for bookkeepers, project planners, HR departments, and other jobs where time is money. The four functions covered here—ISOWEEKNUM, WEEKNUM, WORKDAY, ...

To avoid problems with your employees or the government, your company payroll spreadsheet should not only be accurate, but it should also comply with all federal and state laws. For example, your ...

Microsoft Corp. yesterday told Excel users that one of the 12 patches issued Tuesday causes the spreadsheet to make mistakes in some calculations. In a warning posted Thursday, Bill Sisk, security ...

A TechRepublic member wrote for advice on calculating the years, months, and days elapsed between two dates. This tutorial explains the solution provided by TechRepublic contributor Jeff Davis. A ...

Mastering Excel goes far beyond SUM and VLOOKUP. By learning functions like COUNT, AVERAGE, SUMIF, SUBTOTAL, XLOOKUP, and INDEX/MATCH, you can find opportunities to improve your Excel sheet. Some ...

Most people think speed in Excel means memorizing hundreds of formulas and functions. I thought so, too, until I discovered that just three functions could replace the pile of formulas I used to ...