How to Create a Waterfall Chart in Excel (Step-by-Step) You have heard of charts like Pie charts, Area charts, Bar charts, etc. But do you know what a Waterfall chart is? Waterfall charts are unique analytical charts that draw a trend between an opening and a closing position in the most visualizable manner. [...]
How to Cross Reference Two Lists in Excel (Step-by-Step) By cross-referencing we mean comparing the content of two lists in Excel to find the similarities and differences in them. Talking about cross-referencing in Excel, there is no in-built tool for it. Surprisingly, there are multiple other tools and functions that you can use [...]
How to Convert Text to Number in Excel (Step-by-Step) Often you’d populate numbers in Excel, but they won’t act as numbers. They might not add up, multiply, or just throw errors your way. This can be because those numbers are formatted as text. In most instances, Excel automatically identifies numbers and formats them [...]
How to Compare 2 Excel Files (Matches & Differences) Excel is known for the huge magnitude of data it can store. In single, multiple sheets, and even multiple files. But how do you compare this data from different Excel sheets and files? Is there any synchronized way to view and compare these sheets [...]
How to Sort Multiple Columns in Excel (Many Examples) Have a tightly packed dataset that’s all out of order? Don't waste time sorting it manually and end up making mistakes that might ruin the accuracy and precision of your data. Instead, let Excel wear the data-sorting cap for you. In this tutorial, we [...]
How to Create a Stacked Bar Chart in Excel (Easily) A stacked bar chart shows the comparison between different parts of your data and their contribution to the whole graphically 📊 This type of graph is particularly useful when you need to show how the data is composed across different categories. Luckily, Excel [...]
How to Force Quit Excel on Windows (Works Every Time) Give Excel a few commands abruptly and the app would freeze to death. We all have been there, and done that. And we know how irritating it gets when Excel goes into a constant freezing mode for tens of minutes and you're just [...]
How to Name Columns in Excel (The Easiest Method) An Excel spreadsheet is a two-dimensional set of cells. The grid of cells that runs horizontally is called a row. And the cells that run vertically make a column. By default, Excel columns are named based on alphabets starting from A up to [...]
How to Count Colored Cells in Excel (Multiple Methods) Counting colored cells in Excel is an important part of an Excel’s daily tasks as you deal with data that uses color coding to emphasize certain values. Being able to count colored cells makes data analysis easy as you categorize data to find a [...]
How to Convert Excel to Google Sheets (Fast & Easy) Excel has been the winning spreadsheet software (for decades) when it comes to storing and parsing huge sets of data. But when it comes to collaboration and remotely working on a cloud-based file with your edits updated in real-time, Google Sheets takes over [...]