Microsoft says it has fixed an Excel bug, which caused the spreadsheet to display erroneous calculation results, even though it performed the calculation correctly and stored it in Excels memory. In ...

A seasonal index is a way of measuring the seasonal variation -- that is, to measure the change that is due to seasonal changes in demand -- of a variable, typically sales. For example, a beachfront ...

As a spreadsheet software program, Microsoft Excel has many useful features for a small business's productivity. Chief among these is the ability to use formulas to make various calculations with the ...

After tackling the basic and formatting capabilities of Microsoft Excel, we come to formulas, which are an integral part of the worksheets, and without which an electronic spreadsheet wouldn't be of ...

A calculation-error bug in Microsoft Office Excel 2003, which was acknowledged by Microsoft last Friday, has been resolved with a security update. Microsoft Security ...

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Excel offers no such constraint. If someone is determined to enter bad data, they can simply paste values over a validated ...

In late September Microsoft admitted there was a bug in Excel 2007 which caused the calculation results of certain values to be displayed incorrectly. The results were correct, but the display was not ...

If you’re serious about using Microsoft Excel, then you should get to know all of its keyboard shortcuts. Here’s a list of the most useful Excel shortcuts and how they can help you work faster. For ...

Microsoft has made available for download patches to an Excel 2007 bug discovered late last month and is working on pushing the fix out over Microsoft Update. The Excel team acknowledged the obscure ...