With most Excel spreadsheets, you enter data manually into cells and then use formulas or other functions to analyze it or perform calculations. If you have a large data source, such as an Access ...

You will often hear people say, “I don’t need to learn ‘programming’ skills, that’s for the tech guys”; but we live in an increasingly competitive world and the job market can be difficult to navigate ...

I would like the user to be able to click a button on the web page that will run a SQL query (canned report) and export the result data to an Excel spreadsheet. The data does not need to display on ...

I've been helping readers find the best deals for over five years. If you’ve never worked with spreadsheets before, just opening Microsoft Excel can feel intimidating. The program has so many ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

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