When you type data into an Excel workbook, the sheet's name appears in a tab at the bottom of the application window. When you edit the page code, the name isn't always so obvious. Although the Visual ...

You can easily create a drop-down list in Excel to limit the values that can be entered in a column. Here's how to set one up ...

Defining and using names in Formulas in Excel can make it easier for you and to understand data. Besides, it also serves as a more efficient way to manage the various processes that you create in your ...

The default method for including a column reference in an Excel formula is to use the column letter, a convention that may make it difficult to interpret the parts of complex formulas. Microsoft ...

You can split cells into columns in Excel using the "Text to Columns" tool, which is a great way to organize lots of data.

Q. Some of my Excel spreadsheets contain many worksheets—up to 36 in some cases. But not all the worksheet tabs show at the bottom of the screen. Is there some way to make more tabs visible, such as ...

To apply data validation rules to a selected cell or range, head to the "Data" tab on the ribbon, and click the top half of ...

In the January column (page 82) a reader asked how to display 36 workbook tabs in Excel. We described several solutions, but reader Mary Jo Gruber, a CPA with a St. Louis public school district, ...

How to take advantage of the Name box in Microsoft Excel Your email has been sent Scrolling around a large sheet can be tedious, awkward, and occasionally, even fruitless because you simply can’t find ...