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Unfortunately, Excel skips the applied formula when set to text format and displays the plain result instead. The best way to check for formatting is to click on the cell and check the Number group from the Home tab. If it displays ” Text ,” click on that and choose General. This of course begs […]

If Excel freezes in every file. Try these steps. Close completely out of Excel. Hold the Windows Key and press “R” to bring up the Run dialog box. Type excel -safe then press “Enter“. If Excel opens with the above steps, it is likely that a plugin or other software is installed that is interfering […]

Microsoft Excel may stop responding, hang, freeze, or stop working due to several reasons, such as in compatible add-ins. In such a case, you may receive one of the following error messages. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available. The […]

If you’re able to find the file click on Macros Button on the Developer Tab and click on the drop down near macros in. From there, you would find Personal Macro Workbook, select Personal Macro Workbook and list of macros saved should appear in the list. For any other concerns, don’t hesitate to get back […]

Excel can solve for unknown variables, either for a single cell with Goal Seeker or a more complicated equation with Solver. We’ll show you how it works. Excel is very capable when you have all of the data you need for your calculations. Another common query is “Can excel solve equations?”. Solving equations in Excel […]

Yes, but with some limitations. Excel cannot email an alert to you automatically unless you write a macro in the Visual Basic (VBA) editor to perform this function. And, the reminder Alert only works if the Excel software is open. A frequent query we ran across in our research was “How to create Outlook reminders […]

You can easily check Excel version you are using by looking at the menu or the top ribbon. Open any Microsoft Excel file and look at the top left corner of the file. Depending on how the File button looks, you can easily identify the version of Excel. For Microsoft Excel 2016, you can easily […]

Read more Microsoft Excel is the most popular and most powerful spreadsheet software available, that comes included in the Microsoft Office package. If your CPU usage is high while using Excel, there are a few things that we explore: repairing the app, Safe Mode without any Add-ins, and so on. Sometimes a damaged or corrupted […]

Filter Excel Click any single cell inside a data set. On the Data tab, in the Sort & Filter group, click Filter. Arrows in the column headers appear. Click the arrow next to Country. Click on Select All to clear all the check boxes, and click the check box next to USA. Excel only displays […]

Another reason for large file size is having many unused or hidden worksheets in your Workbook. Each Excel Worksheet has it’s own share of metadata, more importantly, however, you may be keeping sheets with similar datasets, copies or unnecessary Pivot Tables that also take up a lot of space. Why is my Excel file so […]