Q. Okay, so Excel is a whiz-bang spreadsheet calculator. But, frankly, when I’m working on a complex spreadsheet there are times I’d like to have immediate access to an old-fashioned 10-key calculator ...

To open the Payroll Calculator template from Excel, click the "File" tab in Excel; click "New" and type "payroll calculator" in the Search field.

[Updated: Sept 26, 2007 @ 4.30 am - The Excel 2007 team have been busy investigating and coming up with a fix for the Excel 2007 bug I discussed yesterday.

Excel mostly follows the same order of operations as most calculators, with a few additional operators added to cater to Excel's advanced tools and capabilities.