Fix Excel’s alphabetical month sorting issue with simple tricks. Learn how to group months chronologically using XMATCH and CHOOSECOLS.

Have you ever struggled to sort data in Excel in a way that truly fits your needs? Imagine trying to organize a list of regions not alphabetically, but in a specific order like “North, South, East, ...

Sorts are a simple task in Microsoft Excel if all you need is an ascending or descending sort. Excel is smart enough that it can interpret the data range. Not all sorts are so easy. Fortunately, Excel ...

Microsoft Excel is spreadsheet data management software used by many small businesses for day-to-day operational tasks. Excel's convenient cell-based structure lets you input your business' inventory, ...

Filtering in Excel allows you to organize your data in multiple ways. Using a filter, you can cut down the amount of data shown on your sheet based on the values for either a certain selection, such ...

Excel spreadsheets do so much, from making lists to crunching numbers to acting as sophisticated flat-file databases. We’re creating this guide to make sure you master all the essentials and more.

Let’s check out these steps in detail. Open the spreadsheet with Microsoft Excel on your computer. After that, you should see a column containing all the dates. You need to select all the cells that ...

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Q. Is it possible to sort a column in Excel using formulas rather than the Data tab’s Sort tool, so the sort process is performed automatically as I update my data? A. Excel has announced a new ...