The IF function is one of the most commonly used functions in Microsoft Excel. With it, you can test a value to see if it meets criteria. If it does, then display one result and if it doesn’t, then ...

Imagine this: you’re managing a sprawling Excel spreadsheet with thousands of rows of data. You need to identify high-priority tasks, flag anomalies, or categorize entries based on specific rules.

Each IF function in an Excel spreadsheet returns one of two messages. The first -- the "if" message -- displays if cells meet criteria that you specify. The second -- the "otherwise" message -- ...

Q. Part of my job involves keeping track of all the departments’ budget status, which takes several hours each month. Is there a quicker way to do this? A. The task alluded to in the question involves ...

This is the demonstration file to accompany the article, How to split a column using an IF() function in Excel, by Susan Harkins. From the hottest programming languages to commentary on the Linux OS, ...

Often when you’re working with Excel you will use a calculation that is not available as a built-in Excel function. If you make this calculation repeatedly, you can save having to write the ...

If your business uses spreadsheets, you may find it necessary to count the number of cells containing data in a worksheet. You might also need to determine how many cells are empty or if the values of ...