Table names must start with a letter, underscore, or backslash, with the remaining characters being letters, numbers, periods ...

You might think that your work is done, but actually, Excel is sitting and waiting for you to do more with those tables, ...

Placing spreadsheet data into a table quickly formats it and makes it easy to work with and analyze. Here’s how to use this basic yet powerful Excel tool.

Step 1: Prepare your data. Perhaps the most important step in using Excel pivot tables is to carefully organize your data. The easiest way to do this is to use Excel tables, which let you add rows ...

Excel tables have many benefits that regular spreadsheets lack. The biggest is the option to use data from multiple tables to create queries and reports.

See the screenshot below of the Excel spreadsheet after using Data Table for this example. I do not like one thing about this display — the reference in B9. I feel like it is confusing to a user ...

A pivot table is a useful tool in data analysis that can give you an overview of your data. We'll show you how to create one in Excel and Google Sheets.

After creating the relationship, Excel will identify those tables as a Data Model Table, not a Worksheet Table in the dropdowns. To see what Excel did, click Manage Data Model in the Data Tools group.

As I mentioned in my post on how to format tables in Excel, before I do anything with raw data, I format it as a table. To do that, add a row above your headings by right-clicking on the row ...

The data order in the data set doesn’t matter a bit. The pivot table is a good report, as is but you might want to focus on specific information. How to use an AutoFilter in Excel ...

In Microsoft Excel, table formatting (the colors and the functionalities) is applied to your data in just one click. In Google Sheets, on the other hand, you have to add all the formatting styles ...