It's often useful to freeze header rows in place in Microsoft Excel to remember what type of data is in various columns as you scroll or search through a lengthy spreadsheet. You can also make sure ...

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The TOCOL and TOROW functions are just two ways to rearrange data in Microsoft Excel. For example, you can flip the rows and ...

Array formulas let you perform calculations across entire ranges of data in a single formula. Hence, you can handle lightning-fast lookups, filtering, and sorting with just one po ...

Excel has several advanced sorting options, but most of us never venture beyond the ordinary alphabetic and numeric sorts. If you need more than a simple sort, check out Excel’s advanced sorting ...

Q. Is it possible to sort a column in Excel using formulas rather than the Data tab’s Sort tool, so the sort process is performed automatically as I update my data? A. Excel has announced a new ...

You can use Microsoft Excel to set up a simple row-and-column matrix of information, listing income data, itemizing expenses and documenting events. These tasks barely scratch the surface of Excel's ...