For the most part, you're probably accustomed to using Microsoft Excel for tasks such as preparing reports, forecasts, and budgets. However, Excel is much more powerful than that. It can be used to ...

Small databases of a few rows, to a few thousand rows, can often be created more quickly and easily in Microsoft Excel, than by using a dedicated database system. Excel is available as a stand-alone ...

Excel used to be the poor schmuck’s database, with spreadsheets that just sort of sat there. You could create something more sophisticated with LOOKUP functions, but they were a huge hassle to set up.

Excel possesses formidable database powers. Creating a relational database starts with a Master table that links it to subordinates, called (awkwardly) Slave, Child, or Detail tables. Before we dive ...

How to create a static view of Excel data while collaborating Your email has been sent Collaborating online with other members of your organization is convenient, and ...

We all know that in uncertain times, a forecast underlies a company’s success or failure. Forecasts keep prices low by optimizing business operations—including cash flow, production, staff, and ...

Microsoft Office is more than the sum of its parts—you can link an Excel database table to an Access database, integrating your data and adding value. Here's how. You don’t have to import an Excel ...

You can easily create a drop-down list in Excel to limit the values that can be entered in a column. Here's how to set one up ...