SUM is the spreadsheet equivalent of an open invite: it welcomes everything into the total, whether it belongs there or not.

Kinds of Functions Used in Excel. Microsoft's Excel program, widely used in business, comes with many built-in functions that perform mathematical and logical operations on spreadsheet data.

TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER are a few more of my favorite Excel functions to clean messy spreadsheets. Excel's newer text ...

Functions of Different Categories in Excel. To analyze your company's payroll expenditures, you might create an Excel spreadsheet and use some of the functions in the Financial or Math ...

Formulas are powerful tools for performing calculations and analyzing data in Excel. In this beginner’s guide, you’ll learn how to use formulas and explore some popular built-in functions.

If you’re part of the Excel 99 percent, here are 16 handy Excel functions that will get you well on your way to spreadsheet mastery.

This column introduces PIVOTBY, a new Excel function that may let you say bye-bye to PivotTables.