The asterisk (*) is the wildcard character that represents any sequence of characters, including when there are no characters at all. It’s the most flexible of the bunch, since it can replace any ...

The @ symbol can also appear in regular formulas outside of tables when Excel thinks you're trying to reference a single value from a range. If you see it pop up unexpectedly, it usually means Excel ...

Apple's Numbers spreadsheet for Mac, iPhone, and iPad, is not as powerful as Microsoft Excel, but most users will be hard-pressed to find its limitations — and will immediately see how much easier ...

What if you could eliminate the tedious, repetitive tasks in Excel that eat away at your productivity? Imagine a world where your spreadsheets update themselves, reports are generated and emailed ...

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Random number generation is an essential feature in Excel, allowing users to perform tasks such as simulations, creating test datasets, or experimenting with spreadsheet models. Excel provides three ...

Locating missing sequential numbers can be an arduous task when working with long lists of data. For example, you might want to locate business check numbers that haven't been logged into a balance ...

There's a lot to love about Apple products, but since much of the working world runs on Windows, it can be frustrating trying to transfer files from one platform to the next. In fact, because you'll ...

Is it frustrating that the leading zeros are automatically removed from your Excel workbook? Excel typically removes the leading zeros before a number as you input the number in a cell. It treats cell ...

If you’re looking to add a number in front of a number in Excel, we’ve got just the guide for you. Let's say you have a dataset of local phone numbers. Now, you want to make a separate list with the ...

Fractions are enough to make you cry if you’re not a math whiz, but Microsoft Excel handles them very well. In fourth-grade math, you learned fraction basics: Fractions are a numerical representation ...