It’s January and you’ve gone and done it: You’ve resolved to keep better track of your personal finances. But deep down, you’re not sure where to start. Sure, you can buy accounting software, sign up ...

One option for sharing reports with your team is to simply rattle off numbers. Think something like this: "We allocated 10% of operating budget to maintenance, 15% to hardware upgrades, 18% to ...

If you resolved on Jan. 1 to keep better track of your personal finances, are you sure where to start? Sure, you can buy accounting software, sign up for a service or poke around your bank’s online ...

Understanding exactly how much money is flowing in and out of your bank accounts each month can make it easier to trim expenses, know if you have enough money to make certain purchases and feel ...

Simplify your hiring and employee promotions by creating a salary scale spreadsheet. Rather than negotiating salary rates and increases based on individual circumstances, standardize the process with ...

Drop-down lists in Microsoft Excel (and Word and Access) allow you to create a list of valid choices that you or others can select for a given field. This is especially useful for fields that require ...

Have you ever opened an Excel spreadsheet and felt instantly overwhelmed by cluttered data, mismatched fonts, or confusing layouts? It’s a common frustration, yet so many of us accept it as the norm.

Spreadsheets are undeniably powerful. They can come in handy for all sorts of applications like tracking and forecasting cash flow, creating loan amortization schedules, analyzing sales data, and even ...