Discover how to calculate present value (PV) in Excel, exploring concepts like future value, interest rates, and periods for ...

Life is hectic, and juggling dozens of apps for the "must-do" chores adds to the noise. Since I already work in Excel daily, ...

Formulas are powerful tools for performing calculations and analyzing data in Excel. In this beginner’s guide, you’ll learn how to use formulas and explore some popular built-in functions. One of the ...

A common criticism of Excel's SWITCH function is that it only handles exact matches, such as turning the number 1 into the word "Active." If you want to use greater-than or less-than symbols, most ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

Excel functions, or formulas, lie at the heart of the application’s deep well of capabilities. Today we’ll tackle IF statements, a string of commands that determine whether a condition is met or not.

Have you ever carefully crafted a formula in Excel, only to watch it unravel into chaos the moment you copy it across columns? It’s a maddening quirk of Excel tables—structured references that seem to ...