Excel used to be the poor schmuck’s database, with spreadsheets that just sort of sat there. You could create something more sophisticated with LOOKUP functions, but they were a huge hassle to set up.

Create a report using charts: Select Insert > Recommended Charts, then choose the one you want to add to the report sheet. Create a report with pivot tables: Select Insert > PivotTable. Select the ...

Microsoft Excel 2010 comes with an expansion pack called the Analysis ToolPak that includes a number of analylitical tools, like the ability to create a liner regression table. Even though the ToolPak ...

Most spreadsheet problems come from static cell ranges—Excel tables replace them with dynamic, self-managing data structures.

A frequency table tabulates the number of times values from a data set appear within a configured range. As an example, you might have a list of employee scores and want to display the frequency of ...

Would you like to make your Excel spreadsheet and data management smoother, more efficient, and less error-prone? Excel tables have transformed data management, offering a wide range of features that ...

Advanced list solutions are easy thanks to Excel’s Table object. If you need a dynamic list, try one of these techniques. The article Five ways to take advantage of Excel list features showed five ...