Excel spreadsheets permit you to stay organized while managing large amounts of data, which can be organized in a number of ways. One popular way to organize this data is by date. Excel has a default ...

When you type a seven-or-ten-digit phone number into an Excel cell that uses the phone number format, Excel will automatically change the way the number looks so that it appears as a phone number ...

Excel users wanting to display numbers as monetary values, must first format those numbers as currency. To do this, apply either the Currency or Accounting number format to the cells that you want ...

Excel tables have many benefits that regular spreadsheets lack. The biggest is the option to use data from multiple tables to create queries and reports.

There are several ways to make data stand out visually in an Excel spreadsheet, but one of the simplest and most effective is to apply conditional formatting. What is conditional formatting in Excel?

These newbie mistakes are uncalled for because Excel placed several number formatting options front and center in the Number section of the Home tab: Click for larger image.

Excel is known for automatically formatting certain entries, which is often useful but sometimes annoying. This automatic function can now be deactivated on an individual level. We'll show you how.

When you need to format text in multiple ways in a single cell in Microsoft Excel, then this guide shows you how to do it the easy way.

Microsoft Excel 2007's conditional formatting feature allows you to format cells based on certain criteria. As an example, you might want the row color to change based upon a credit or debit on a ...