What’s the difference between a table and a range of columns and rows on an Excel spreadsheet? How do I create and populate tables? And, once a table is created, how do we custom filter, format, and ...

Much of the data that you use Excel to analyze comes in a list form. You might need to sort the data, filter it, sum it, and perhaps even chart it. Excel tables provide superior tools for working with ...

Design is best, but when you're stuck with an existing data structure, it helps to know how to work around trouble. Susan Harkins explains. Excel sheets grow — sometimes by adding new functionality, ...

Although getting into the habit of naming tables in Excel can take some time if it's not something you usually do, here's why today's the day to start. First, if you're working with a large workbook ...

Excel users who regularly reference the same cell in ranges from within their Workbook, will be happy to know that the popular platform has an easier way to create a named range. It is considered the ...

You’re probably familiar with selection shortcuts in Microsoft Excel. There are several that select text, sentences, whole paragraphs, and so on, so it should come as no big surprise that shortcuts ...

Deleting rows from a large filtered range in Microsoft Excel can take a long time, temporarily place the program into a "not responding" state, or—in a worst-case scenario—cause Excel to crash ...

Have you ever opened an Excel file and felt a pang of unease? Rows upon rows of data, cryptic formulas sprawled across cells, and a tangle of manual formatting that seems one misstep away from chaos.

Have you ever felt limited by the rigidity of Excel PivotTables when creating interactive reports? Many users assume that Excel slicers, the sleek, clickable filters that make data exploration a ...