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 ...

Q. I often save multiple versions of the same Excel file (usually with differing assumptions) and later have difficulty telling which file is which when I want to revert to a previous version. Any ...

When you use Excel for project management, you need to manage deadlines and dependencies to avoid any delay. With a few clever formulas, you can transform those rows and columns into a powerful ...

If you’ve ever found yourself endlessly repeating the same formulas or tasks in Excel, you’re not alone. We’ve all been there—copying, pasting, and tweaking formulas across workbooks, only to realize ...

Have you ever spent hours manually updating Excel sheets, only to realize a single broken link threw your entire dataset into chaos? Managing interconnected workbooks can feel like walking a tightrope ...

Multiple people working on the same business project can increase productivity and speed up progress. In Microsoft Excel, several people can update a shared workbook at the same time. Excel makes this ...

Excel workbooks are the next step after you’ve mastered the single Excel spreadsheet. Going back to the ledger idea we used in our Excel spreadsheets guide, think of the workbook as the ledger (or ...

Excel comes loaded with lots of tools to help you work smarter and easier. Today we’ll look at three tools — Reports, Views and Outlining — that can make a big impact on your day-to-day work in Excel.