Create robust, backward-compatible Excel workbooks by leveraging the structural power of the ROWS function.

Stop your formulas from breaking by switching from grid-based coordinates (ROW) to stable table measurements (ROWS).

Have you ever carefully crafted a formula in Excel, only to watch it unravel into chaos the moment you copy it across columns? It’s a maddening quirk of Excel tables—structured references that seem to ...

Excel 2007's new table feature eliminates the need to copy formulas; once you define a data range as a table, Excel will do it for you! Tables are new to Excel 2007 ...

When you're configuring data in a Microsoft Excel worksheet, you may realize that the information you entered in rows makes better sense in columns or vice versa. For example, you're especially likely ...

Have you ever stared at a beautifully organized table in Excel—rows and columns perfectly aligned—only to realize it’s a nightmare for analysis? Cross-tab layouts, while visually appealing, can feel ...

Q. You explained Excel’s Scenario Manager in your November 2024 Tech Q&A article and Goal Seek in your December 2024 Tech Q&A article. Can you please explain the final What-If Analysis tool: Data ...