Learn the difference between Excel COUNT and COUNTA, plus TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER tricks, so you clean text and totals with confidence.

Excel is the best piece of software ever made. We've talked a lot about basic formulas and advanced tricks that will make you way better at the program, but we've been remiss and forgot about our ...

Excel has over 475 formulas in its Functions Library, from simple mathematics to very complex statistical, logical, and engineering tasks such as IF statements (one of our perennial favorite stories); ...

Microsoft Excel gives users the flexibility to configure data and perform very basic operations, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division by using shortcuts or custom formulas. This ...

Microsoft Excel is a crucial tool for anyone operating in modern business. But there are risks. For one thing, it can be intimidating for beginners. Furthermore, Excel errors can have devastating ...

Microsoft adds IMPORTTEXT and IMPORTCSV to Excel, letting users pull text files directly into the grid with simple formulas.