Have you ever been frustrated by Excel treating blank cells as zeros? It’s a small quirk, but one that can wreak havoc on your data analysis. Whether you’re building financial models, tracking ...

Each IF function in an Excel spreadsheet returns one of two messages. The first -- the "if" message -- displays if cells meet criteria that you specify. The second -- the "otherwise" message -- ...

In Microsoft Excel, common size financial statements compare cells against the balance total to determine what percent those figures have increased or decreased. Excel creates a new blank column in ...

Excel is many things: powerful, useful, colorful, handy, but its logic functions can be challenging to newcomers due to their implied logic, and a shorthand syntax designed to fit on a single line in ...

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Excel functions, or formulas, lie at the heart of the application’s deep well of capabilities. Today we’ll tackle IF statements, a string of commands that determine whether a condition is met or not.

If you want to count blank or empty cells in Excel and Google Sheets, here are the exact formulas you need to use. There are three ways to count blank or empty cells in any spreadsheet and here we ...

Deleting blank rows in an Excel data set isn't difficult, but Excel 2016 is the only version that offers predictable results. Blank rows are easy to acquire–whether you’re importing data from a ...

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Quick Tip: Fill in blank cells in Excel quick and easy Your email has been sent Blank cells can spell trouble. Here's an easy way to fill in those blanks and protect the validity of your data. This ...