Q. I would like to collaborate with my colleagues on an Excel document and specify the areas where they should focus. What is the best way to do that? A. Many tools are available for collaboration. A ...

Excel's Power Query lets you build report-level and table-level timestamps that update on refresh.

Please note: This item is from our archives and was published in 2017. It is provided for historical reference. The content may be out of date and links may no longer function. Q. Is it possible in ...

If you use Microsoft Excel at all to make and edit spreadsheets, you have probably heard of Excel worksheets and workbooks. An Excel workbook is an Excel file that can contain multiple, somewhat ...

The biggest pain when working with files is when they get corrupt. While Office 365 offers a file recovery feature for all its file types, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, but if that doesn’t ...

In Microsoft Excel, a program packaged with Microsoft Office, you can create databases of information and then make calculations, graphs and charts based on that data. It's a handy program to have if ...

Microsoft today announced that it is bringing support for linking data from multiple online workbooks for Excel on the web. However, the files must be stored in OneDrive or SharePoint. Microsoft today ...

How to copy an Excel sheet into a new workbook Your email has been sent Copying or moving data is a common task for users in Excel workbooks. Copying data from one worksheet to another within the same ...

If you update recurring data, such as monthly sales figures, you might create a copy of a completed sheet to use as a starting point. For instance, when you’re ready to start tracking February’s sales ...

I'm all for anything that makes Excel easier to use.