This tutorial relies on Excel's ability to perform web queries, so you'll need Excel 97 or higher. Excel's Web Queries tool transforms simple HTML tables into Excel spreadsheets.
Load an XML Document ito Excel Microsoft Excel / Functions and Formula
If someone sends you an XML file containing data that fits into tables, you don't need to read the text and all its angle brackets. You can load the document into Excel directly, tell Excel how you want to present it, and work with the data through maps.
Address Data by Name Microsoft Excel / Functions and Formula
Although cell numbers are at the foundation of everything Excel does, it's much easier to remember names, such as Item Number and Quantity, than it is to remember cell numbers, such as A1:A100. Excel makes this easy.
Excel uses the same technique for defining named cells and named ranges: the Name box at the left end of the Formula bar.
Protecting Excel 2007 Data Microsoft Excel / Getting Started
The concept of "protection" gets a lot of attention in the Excel newsgroups and forums. It seems that many users want to learn how to protect their workbooks from being copied or modified.
Excel's Builtin Features Microsoft Excel / Getting Started
Data validation makes it easy to specify rules your data must follow. Unfortunately, Excel insists that lists used in data validation must appear on the same worksheet as the data being validated. Fortunately, there are ways to evade this requirement.
In this tutorial, we provide two methods you can use to validate data based on a list on another worksheet. The first method takes advantage of Excel's named ranges, and the second uses a function call.
Data Entry Microsoft Excel / Getting Started
As you are aware, when Microsoft Excel starts, it opens a workbook made of three worksheets. A worksheet is simply made of cells that are patiently waiting for you to enter data.
Conditional color formatting in Excel Microsoft Excel / General Formatting
Let's say you are making an Excel table where you shall input how many hours did you work for everyday. And you would like to make designation with colors. Red number for less than 8, blue for 8 and green color for more than 8. Did you know you can make that process automatic in MS Excel? Here's how.
Work with Pivot Tables in Excel Microsoft Excel / General Formatting
PivotTables allow you to pivot data using drag-and-drop techniques and receive results immediately. PivotTables are interactive; once the table is complete, you very easily can see how your information will be affected when you move (or pivot) your data. This will become patently clear once you give PivotTables a try.
Data Analysis With Charts Microsoft Excel / Charts and Graphs
Charts are used to analyze data graphically. Good created and formatted charts can help people and businesses make decisions based on the impact that their images provide to the users. Microsoft Excel is equipped with the Chart Wizard that allows you to create and format a chart to suit almost any scenario or need.
Working with Excel 2007 Files Microsoft Excel / Getting Started
This tutorial discover the new Excel interface that provides you with the right tools at the right time. In most Windows programs, you see menus and toolbars from which you select your options.