As PCMag's resident data journalist, I practically live in Microsoft Excel. I've learned that it's capable of far more than I ...

Unlike one-off tools, Column From Examples records transformation steps so results remain stable as new data is added.

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Because many password generators aren't as random as they seem, I built an improved one in Excel—and I'll show you exactly ...

Merged cells break sorting and tables—use a macro to apply Center Across Selection with one click instead.

Working in Microsoft Excel often means dealing with data of varying lengths. When text is too long for a cell, it either gets cut off or spills into the next one, while large numbers can appear as a ...

Have you ever stared at a tangled web of paired columns in your dataset—”Size 1/Value 1,” “Size 2/Value 2,” and so on, wondering how to make sense of it all? It’s a common frustration for anyone ...

Here's how to build smarter checklists in Excel using checkboxes, conditional formatting and task dependencies to help with multi-step processes. In my previous article in this series, I walked you ...

Learn how to add, configure and use checkboxes in Excel to create interactive task lists and trigger formatting without relying on macros. Recently, Microsoft has introduced the ability to add ...

Windows may get all the attention, but when you want to get real work done, you turn to the applications that run on it. And if you use spreadsheets, that generally means Excel. Excel is, of course, ...

Adding alternating blank rows in Excel will help you add content to the data table. Normally, you can also use the add row feature in Excel, but if you follow this operation, it will take a lot of ...