Protect your data integrity by using Excel formulas to "lock" checkboxes so they only tick when specific conditions are met.

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Q. I often use watermarks in Microsoft Word to indicate that the document is a “Draft” or “Confidential.” However, the options to create a watermark are not in Microsoft Excel. I want to indicate that ...

Power Pivot excels in handling large datasets and performing complex analytics, using data modeling and DAX expressions, but ...

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Ever opened a file and seen strange symbols or jumbled text? This post shows how to change the character encoding in Excel or Word.

You can enable macros in Excel using the Trust Center or enable a specific macro from the security warning at the top of a spreadsheet. Excel supports macros, which ...

Microsoft has begun rolling out “Money in Excel,” a one-stop dashboard within Microsoft Excel for viewing your day-to-day finances, including bank and credit card transactions. Microsoft recommends ...

Q. I read your August 2022 JofA article about changing the case of text in Excel to upper, lower, and proper, but some of my data comes in sentence form. Is there any way to convert those text strings ...

If the Excel YEAR function is not working on your Windows 11/10 PC, change the cell format, convert text dates to real dates, ...

Simplify your data transformation by skipping complex parsing expressions and instead using Flash Fill and Power Query in Microsoft Excel. Image: IB Photography/Adobe Stock If you work with imported ...

Learn how to suppress or hide zero values in an Excel sheet using one of these quick and easy methods. If you want to hide or suppress zero values in a spreadsheet, Excel offers three easy ways to get ...