When you use Excel’s Chart Wizard to create a chart, by default the chart takes on the number formats used in the worksheet that includes the charted data. Mary Ann Richardson shows you a way to ...

Many Excel tools are optional extras, but these six are essentials I rely on in every workbook.

Microsoft Excel’s conditional formatting is a wonderful “automatic” feature that allows you to formats cells based on the value of those cells or the value of the formulas in those cells. For example, ...

Spacebar alignment breaks when columns, fonts, or layouts change, but Excel's custom number formatting keeps everything ...

The “Too many different cell formats” error occurs in Excel when the formatting in your spreadsheet exceeds the maximum number of formatting allowed. In Excel ...

If your job (or even your personal life) requires you to do anything substantial with numbers, chances are you use a spreadsheet app to do it. As a Mac user, you’ve got plenty of choices among ...