Excel's data validation feature is more versatile than you might think. Learn how to use literal values, input values, list values, and even formulas to restrict input date values using data ...

Automated Data Entry in Excel. One way businesses can save time and money is using Excel spreadsheets as data tables in which to store customer information, inventory details or other important data.

Learn how to use a data validation control to allow users to select when to run multiple VBA procedures in Microsoft Excel.

Microsoft Excel now takes al kinds of custom data, expanding spreadsheets well past the usual text and numbers.

A common use of data validation is to create a drop-down list. Use it to restrict the type of data that users enter into an Excel cell.

Learn how to create a drop-down list using Data Validation in Excel. Data Validation limits the type of data that can be entered into a cell.

Excel provides one general formula that finds the difference between numbers, dates and times. It also provides some advanced options to apply custom formats to your results.

Microsoft published a blog post elaborating on the changes to Excel as well as other parts of Microsoft Office, and includes animated gifs showing Bloomberg using the new data types.