If Excel is not highlighting cells in the formula, read this post to know how to fix the issue. The default behavior of Excel is to highlight the cells that are part of a formula when a user ...

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Learn how to identify formula cells the easy way using VBA, and then combine VBA and conditional formatting for more permanent identification. If you practice good spreadsheet design, formulas shouldn ...

The SUMIFS function works in a similar way with text as with numbers, but there are two key differences. First, text in Excel ...

Mary Ann Richardson explains that when concatenating date and text cell data in an Excel formula, you need to convert date cells to text to avoid unexpected results. When concatenating—using a formula ...

If your business uses spreadsheets, you may find it necessary to count the number of cells containing data in a worksheet. You might also need to determine how many cells are empty or if the values of ...