Is Excel's Clean Data button the ultimate time-saver for messy spreadsheets? Find out how it works, its quirks, and how it compares to Power Query ...

Data cleaning is an essential step in data analysis. Inaccurate or inconsistent data can lead to incorrect conclusions and poor decision-making. Microsoft Excel, a powerful tool for data management, ...

How to use Microsoft 365 Lists to organize Excel data you must track or share Your email has been sent If you work in Teams or SharePoint, you’re probably familiar with the concept of lists. This ...

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I've been helping readers find the best deals for over five years. If you’ve never worked with spreadsheets before, just opening Microsoft Excel can feel intimidating. The program has so many ...

A few months ago, I speculated on what a then-rumored Office 365 "Life Edition" might end up looking like. Ultimately, Microsoft chose to abandon the "Life Edition" moniker in favor of much more ...

In a nutshell: Up until recently, Microsoft Excel users have only been able to enter text and numbers as data into cells. One of the announcements Microsoft made at its Ignite 2021 event this week is ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft Excel used to only allow two types of data: text and numbers. After ...