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. If ...

If you are unaware of Microsoft Excel's "Format Cells" option, then you will discover it offers a wealth of formatting possibilities. Aside from the many built-in number formats, Excel allows you to ...

If you find yourself struggling trying to efficiently format large numbers in Excel spreadsheets. Manually adjusting figures to display in thousands or millions, you will be pleased to know that there ...

Sometimes when I’m working with an Excel worksheet and I want a cell to look a certain way, I run into what appears to be a limitation in the program. It might be trying to enter product numbers with ...

Trying to use an Excel Date and Time function, but Excel returns a serial number instead of date; this is because Excel stores dates and times in serial numbers in the backend; for instance, when you ...

What’s the difference between a table and a range of columns and rows on an Excel spreadsheet? How do I create and populate tables? And, once a table is created, how do we custom filter, format, and ...

How to change the date format to a general numeric format? You may also need to know how to convert the date form a date format into a general format, for example 14/01/2022 > 14012022. Right-click on ...

Excel responds to certain letter and number entries with automatic formatting. This makes sense in most cases, but sometimes it can be very annoying, as the user then has to switch back to the desired ...

Checkboxes in Microsoft Excel are a great tool for tracking progress, improving data organization, and adding an extra layer ...

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