Mastering Excel goes far beyond SUM and VLOOKUP. By learning functions like COUNT, AVERAGE, SUMIF, SUBTOTAL, XLOOKUP, and INDEX/MATCH, you can find opportunities to improve your Excel sheet. Some ...

As we boldly march into our inevitable digital future, the competencies that were once the exclusive domain of business managers are quickly becoming prerequisites for entry-level jobs. Such is the ...

The SUMIFS function works in a similar way with text as with numbers, but there are two key differences. First, text in Excel formulas must always go inside double quotes, and second, you can use ...

Q. Our company provides financial reporting audits and IT audits. The client invoices provide an itemized list of time spent on each type of audit, by auditor and date. Is there an easy way to provide ...

Excel has over 475 formulas in its Functions Library, from simple mathematics to very complex statistical, logical, and engineering tasks such as IF statements (one of our perennial favorite stories); ...

You can use SUMIF in Google Sheets to add numbers together that are associated with a date range, specific text, or meet a numeric criterion. Here's everything you need to know to use the SUMIF ...

Q: Our accounting system produces a report containing a large table of inventory information, which I export to Excel, where I then want to look up values according to multiple columns of criteria. I ...

Move beyond the basics of sums and averages. These tips open up all kinds of opportunities for working with spreadsheet data. Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in Sept. 2012 and the ...

In the world of corporate finance, spreadsheets are core. Whether it’s managing a profit and loss statement or developing financial and headcount plans, spreadsheets are a daily part of a corporate ...

Let’s be honest—Excel can feel like a double-edged sword. On one hand, it’s an incredibly powerful tool for organizing data, crunching numbers, and making sense of the chaos. On the other, mastering ...