Combining Ctrl + Shift + Arrow keys lets you extend your selection in any direction until Excel hits a blank cell. Start from the top-left corner of your data, try Ctrl + Shift + Right Arrow, then ...

Merging cells makes a dataset look presentable and properly formatted. However, often you won't be able to merge cells because the workbook is protected or it is shared. You can first try to remove ...

Does Excel open a Blank screen when you open an existing file? Microsoft Excel, for the most part, tends to work well, but there are times when it buckles and fails to perform even basic tasks. For ...

Usually, if you share an Excel spreadsheet with someone, that person is able to freely edit the spreadsheet. In some cases, you may want to send someone a spreadsheet with data but you also want to ...

Hovering over the Theme’s Tools in the Themes Group will give you a preview of how they will look on your worksheet. To add Themes to your workbook, ensure that the data is in a table and the style is ...

That all changed when I discovered two features in Excel most people don't know about: Watch Window and Custom Views. Together, they provided me with a way to track the numbers that matter without ...

If you’re feeling particularly spreadsheet-y today, this BBC podcast highlights some interesting details about the creation of Excel, including Gabe Newell’s involvement and how developers wanted to ...

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If you're "vibe working" or "vibe writing" in Microsoft Word, you're doing the same thing, but with a text document: You're ...

You’ve probably heard of vibe coding — novices writing apps by creating a simple AI prompt — but now Microsoft wants to ...

Daniel Jassy, CFA, is an Investopedia Academy instructor and the founder of SPYderCRusher Research. He contributes to Excel and Algorithmic Trading. Yarilet Perez is an experienced multimedia ...

Many users have reported that AutoSave is not working on Microsoft Office programs like Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. The reasons for this issue could be corrupted files, conflicting add-ins, or a ...