Q. I usually like Excel PivotTables, but because they don’t allow me to do certain things, such as delete cells or insert new columns or rows, I’m wondering if there is a reasonable alternative? A.

A giant grid of numbers can be mind-numbing. Once I discovered the magic of color-coded rules, spotting shifts and irregularities got a whole lot easier. A vivid spreadsheet quickly calls attention ...

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Have you ever found yourself wrestling with messy Excel datasets, trying to clean up those pesky empty cells that throw off your calculations? It’s a small annoyance that can quickly snowball into ...