Whole-column references in Excel are silent performance killers, often forcing the program to manage a range of over a ...

Excel users who regularly reference the same cell in ranges from within their Workbook, will be happy to know that the popular platform has an easier way to create a named range. It is considered the ...

You might be familiar with bookmarks in Microsoft Word, which are invisible way-points in specified locations of a document that you can jump to whenever you need to. Microsoft Excel's alternative to ...

Some Excel users have reported experiencing the Data source reference is not valid error while creating a pivot table in Excel. We will learn why this error occurs ...

Microsoft Excel relies on two fundamental reference types when addressing other cells. Absolute references -- which are denoted with a "$" -- lock a reference, so it will not change when copying the ...

How to shorten references using the hashtag symbol in Microsoft Excel Your email has been sent Referencing can become difficult, especially if you’re using structured referencing. Instead, reference a ...

Design is best, but when you're stuck with an existing data structure, it helps to know how to work around trouble. Susan Harkins explains. Excel sheets grow — sometimes by adding new functionality, ...

Microsoft Excel helps your business organize finances, including bills, taxes and customer invoices. In Excel, named ranges enable you to describe the formulas entered in cells. This makes it easier ...

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