As PCMag's resident data journalist, I practically live in Microsoft Excel. I've learned that it's capable of far more than I ...

I skipped the prompt, and saved time.

To create a pivot table, check that all the columns and rows are titled the way they should be, and then select PivotTable on the Insert tab. Better yet, try the Recommended PivotTables option to see ...

Embedded OLE objects (Word documents, PowerPoint decks, PDFs, Visio diagrams, etc.) stored inside a worksheet. Excel anchors each object to a cell range and always renders it as an icon preview — ...