When an ordinary alphabetical or numerical sort in Microsoft Excel won’t do, check out the advanced sorting options or add a custom sort pattern. Excel has several advanced sorting options, but most ...

Using Excel’s PivotTables and PivotCharts, you can quickly analyze large data sets, summarize key data, and present it in easy-to-read format. Here’s how to get started with these powerful tools.

To display specific values in a PivotTable in Microsoft Excel, use one of the many built-in filters, such as Top 10. In a previous TechRepublic article, How to highlight the top n values in a ...

When you are organizing data for your company in a spreadsheet using Microsoft Excel, you do not have to manually edit the information, if you want to sort it alphabetically. Instead, you can use the ...

Several readers have submitted questions about Excel 2010 and 2007 PivotTables, as follows: Q1: Why does Excel insert the GETPIVOTDATA function into a formula when you use the mouse pointer to refer ...

Excel created pivot tables to improve upon its convoluted, weak reporting features (which are still available). The pivot table is actually a collection of tools that Excel uses to help you create ...

Excel spreadsheets do so much, from making lists to crunching numbers to acting as sophisticated flat-file databases. We’re creating this guide to make sure you master all the essentials and more.