A few months back, Dave showed you how to use Excel pivot tables to better visualize your spreadsheet data. (If you missed the post, be sure to check it out -- it has video!) Of course, if you've ...

Microsoft Excel lets you format tables, adding borders and colors, and lets you format the text in them, editing font, size and style. A spreadsheet may contain a number of tables, giving you several ...

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Much of the data that you use Excel to analyze comes in a list form. You might need to sort the data, filter it, sum it, and perhaps even chart it. Excel tables provide superior tools for working with ...

Though Adobe InDesign includes a feature that exports table data to text format, the simplest and most straightforward way to transfer InDesign table data to an Excel spreadsheet is to copy and paste ...

Have you ever opened an Excel file and felt a pang of unease? Rows upon rows of data, cryptic formulas sprawled across cells, and a tangle of manual formatting that seems one misstep away from chaos.

Replace manual Excel tasks with conditional columns, smart merging, the unpivot tool, and more.

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