Format Painter applies the same formatting to multiple text or objects. Learn how to use Format Painter in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

Adding text to a cell using a custom format instead of typing it clearly labels the data and still lets Excel calculate it. (Click for larger image).

Text wrapping isn't just for word processors. You can wrap text in spreadsheets too. Here's how to wrap text in Microsoft Excel using two different methods.

As mentioned in the intro, you can use conditional formatting to make certain values stand out with colored text and backgrounds. You can, for example, indicate problem data values in red, and ...

Add artistic effects, make corrections, add color, make images transparent, compress pictures, change pictures, reset pictures in Excel by following this tutorial.

As software has grown more sophisticated, there is more opportunity for users to mash up content between different programs. The Excel spreadsheet program, for example, used to handle only text ...

If your subtotaling rows are lost in a sea of worksheet data, use this simple conditional formatting technique to make those rows easy to spot.

Microsoft Excel depends on data that’s stored correctly. If you receive text values that should be real numbers, use one of these methods to get you back to the real work.