Once the basic chart is built, a handful of formatting tricks turn it into a timeline that stays in sync with your data.

Much of the data that you use Excel to analyze comes in a list form. You might need to sort the data, filter it, sum it, and perhaps even chart it. Excel tables provide superior tools for working with ...

Q. Is there a quick way to format tables in Excel? A. An AutoFormat option in Excel will format your table and allow you to choose from several options. Let’s use the completely unformatted table in ...

Structured references in Excel often get a bad reputation for being overly complex, but this perception usually stems from misunderstanding their purpose and functionality. Unlike traditional cell ...

Cleaner data, better formatting, and fewer hidden assumptions have made my Excel workbooks much easier to manage.

Microsoft Excel comes packed with several predefined table styles for you to choose from. If you want to format a table, your best bet is to choose from one of the many styles. Now, if the predefined ...

Download our free Excel leaderboard template to track project performance. Apply dynamic sorting formulas like RANK.EQ to ...

This month, Susan Harkins presents some easy solutions for a few problems that only seem big. It’s been a month of easy answers for the most part. The problems seem big, but as usual, there’s an easy ...