Microsoft Excel

This article offers a few quick Excel tips for varying levels of proficiency.

If you have several dates written with Arabic numerals, there are steps to convert them all to Roman numerals.

By default, AutoRecover is set to save every 10 minutes, but you can set it to save more often.

Variable-declining balance uses the double-declining factor but also initiates the automatic switch to straight-line depreciation once that is greater than double-declining.

There are several reasons to use SUBTOTAL instead of SUM when inserting subtotals in your spreadsheet.

You can automatically have cells turn certain
colors based on the text within those cells. This
is easily done using one of the many types of
conditional formatting.

Learn how to filter data using wild cards and other complex criteria using Advanced Filter in Excel.

COUNTIF is used to count items based on one criterion, while COUNTIFS is used to count items based on multiple criteria.

There are a couple of ways to have Excel open most conveniently for you.

You can quickly look up text from your Excel spreadsheets from several online sources.

You can incrementally increase times for your agenda by a certain number of minutes.

You can change the case of a text string in Excel by using LOWER, UPPER, and PROPER, and they are all so simple to use.

Using 3D formulas is a easy way to manage files than summing each individual spreadsheet tab.