The Microsoft Excel program can organize data, conduct business analyses, and manage operations and people, such as sorting working hours, organizing employee profiles and expenses, and helping businesses understand better about their workforce structure and activities. However, when it comes to something simple yet integral, like spelling and grammar checks, Excel is less advanced than other word-processing programs. But if you are looking for an easy solution, you are in the right place. In this tutorial, we tell you two simple techniques to run spell check in MS Excel. Keep reading this tutorial to learn how. Method 1 Checking Spelling ... Read More

When working with a large array of cells, manually cross-checking if a specific cell value is repeated in another column in the spreadsheet can be difficult and lead to skewed results. Fortunately, there are several options in Microsoft Excel that allow you to do this quickly and efficiently. In a few simple steps in this tutorial, we demonstrate how to use the Excel functions like VLOOKUP and MATCH to cheack if a value from one column exists in any other column in a worksheet. Method 1 Finding If Value Exists In Another Column Using VLOOKUP Function As shown in the ... Read More

When working with Microsoft Excel, you find that some tools and features aren't working as usual. This may happen because the worksheet or the workbook in Excel is protected. Protecting a worksheet is a common practice to keep information safe before sharing. It prevents other users from changing, modifying, or deleting data accidentally or on purpose. This tutorial explains how to check if you have a protected worksheet or workbook in MS Excel in three different methods. Method 1 Examining Visual Features To Determine If The Worksheet Is Protected By examining a few indicators in the worksheet, you can tell ... Read More

An up/down chart is one of the frequently used charts in Excel to compare the investments and their returns by a company. The creation of the up/down bars to the lines chart in Excel is a complex process, but in this tutorial, we will show how you can do it in a simple manner. How to Add Up/Down Bars to a Line Chart in Excel? Let us see an example to understand how you can add up/down bars to a line chart in Excel. Step 1 First, we need to create a line chart in Excel before adding up down ... Read More

Generally, we never use a plus sign before an integer (+) to represent that the number is positive. But we always use a minus sing (−) to represent negative numbers, but there will be instances where we want to add the "+" sign before every positive number in Excel. In this tutorial, we will show how you can use the features available in Excel to add a "+" sign automatically to multiple positive numbers in a simple and efficient way. How to Add Plus Sign to Multiple Positive Numbers in Excel Let us take a simple example to show how ... Read More

Have you ever thought how you can use the features available in Excel to automatically add a period mark at the end of multiple cells? A Period is nothing but a dot(.) symbol which we use to represent the end of a sentence. Mostly when we write or type any sentence in Excel or Word, we tend to forget the full-stop at the end of the text or even after the end of sentences. In this tutorial, we will show how you can add period marks at the end of cell contents in Excel. How to Add Periods at the ... Read More

A period is nothing but a dot(.) symbol which we can use after each number in the list of numbers. A period is used in Excel to generally represent that a number has ended. Adding a period can be done in two ways in Excel. The first one is by using the formula and the other by using the Format option. Read through this tutorial to find out how you can add period marks after numbers list in Excel in a simple and efficient manner. Adding Period After Numbers List using Formula Let us take a simple example to understand ... Read More

When you have to add a Percentage symbol to an existing set of data in Excel, you have two ways to do so. The first one is to select the data and click the Percentage symbol under the Home menu and the other method is to select the cells and format cells for percentage. These two methods will not only add the "%" symbol but also multiply the numbers with 100. This tutorial will help you understand how you can add "%" symbol without changing the value of the numbers. How to Add Percentage Symbol for Multiple Numbers in Excel ... Read More

Generally, strikethrough is used in Excel to represent that the data present in the cell is an error or the event is completed. Strikethrough is also used to represent that the event or the process has successfully completed without any error and mistakes. In this tutorial, we will show you a simple process to add or remove strikethrough in Excel. How to Add Strikethrough in Excel? Let us see a simple process to see how to add strikethrough in Excel. Step 1 We will use the following data and add strikethrough in a selected few cells. To add ... Read More

We can add a vertical/average line to a bar chart in Excel by using the horizontal bar graph. The average line is used to analyse the data value in the graph but checking whether we have reached the average or not in the particular interval. Adding vertical average line to a bar chart in Excel is a simple but lengthy process. In this tutorial, we will show you the step-by-step process to add a vertical/average line to bar chart in Excel. Step 1 First, we need to create a horizontal bar chart. Select the data and then click "Insert". Then ... Read More