Custom formulas let you dictate exactly what goes into cells.

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The Excel JavaScript Library provides APIs to apply conditional formatting to data ranges in your worksheets. This functionality makes large sets of data easy to visually parse. The formatting also ...

Microsoft has woven its generative AI technology throughout Microsoft 365, the company’s productivity suite. Its Copilot AI assistant is most often used in M365 apps for text-oriented actions, such as ...

Duplicate entries can throw off your calculations and make your lists unreliable. Use Excel’s built-in tools to find duplicates: Go to the Home tab Click Conditional Formatting > Highlight Cells Rules ...

Q. I have used the Excel functions LEFT, MID, and RIGHT to dissect cells. However, I have some spreadsheets where each piece of information is a different length and uses different delimiters. Is ...

Tracking task or project completion in Excel becomes much easier when you use visual progress bars. Instead of scanning numbers, you can quickly see which tasks are on track, identify bottlenecks, and ...

Scrolling through rows of billing data, discovery deadlines, and other Excel related information to manually highlight follow-up items can feel like a never-ending chore. With the use of Excel’s ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...