Microsoft Excel's built-in sorting features make it a handy application for small businesses looking to organize a list of events. Say you have a series of upcoming meetings or want to keep track of ...

The SORT and SORTBY functions let you extract certain columns and rows from a dataset and sort them in a certain order, all while preserving the source data. Even though they work in similar ways, ...

Q. Is it possible to sort a column in Excel using formulas rather than the Data tab’s Sort tool, so the sort process is performed automatically as I update my data? A. Excel has announced a new ...

Have you ever grouped data in Excel only to find your months sorted alphabetically instead of chronologically? It’s a frustrating quirk of the GROUPBY function, one that can turn a clean dataset into ...

Please note: This item is from our archives and was published in 2001. It is provided for historical reference. The content may be out of date and links may no longer function. Q. I know I can sort ...

Excel 365 offers a powerful feature known as calculated columns, which significantly improves your data analysis capabilities. This tool allows you to create dynamic calculations that automatically ...

Duplicates in the same column are easy to find by sorting or filtering. Duplicates that span multiple columns require a bit of setup, but the solution's not difficult to implement. Finding duplicate ...