I once made money moonlighting as a VisiCalc and Lotus 1-2-3 instructor before Steve Ballmer ever typed “=sum(Profits)” in an Excel 1.0 spreadsheet cell. And a friend and former colleague from my ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. Still far and away the most powerful, and now the ...

Microsoft’s updated spreadsheet tool isn’t getting a lot of new, whiz-bang features, but it is becoming more functional. That’s something both new and experienced users will enjoy—especially a new ...

Office 2013 is touchscreen ready and cloud friendly, and it adds bold new twists to the Microsoft Office franchise. On Monday Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer outlined what he said was the “biggest most ...

Spreadsheets are used by businesses around the world to organize data, from sales figures to contact information from customers. But disorganization, including extra rows and columns, can make ...

AI thrives on data but feeding it the right data is harder than it seems. As enterprises scale their AI initiatives, they face the challenge of managing diverse data pipelines, ensuring proximity to ...

For some reason, Microsoft has taken to calling the mini-programs that you can install into their Office applications “apps.” Functionally, though, most of these are similar to web browser add-ons — ...

Often the task of training new employees or fielding questions about new software falls on the IT department. Though most IT staff is up to the task, it can take time away from their other daily job ...

When you create a graph that includes dates, Excel 2013 automatically spaces the data in chronological order. This behavior potentially creates irregular spacing with unpredictable formatting. If the ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. Excel 2013 deserves a longer and deeper look than we had ...

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