How to lock cells in Microsoft Excel, so you need a password to change or erase data

You can lock cells in Excel by heading into the program's "Protection" tab. There, you can set a password, and protect your ...

How to merge and unmerge cells in Microsoft Excel in 4 ways, to clean up your data and formatting

You can merge cells in Excel by using a simple drop-down menu, which will let you merge cells in a variety of ways. Here's ...
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Excel’s INFO and CELL functions tell you what’s happening under the hood

While INFO tells you about your Excel environment, CELL digs into individual cells and returns details about their formatting ...
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Once you understand SCAN in Excel, you’ll never build formulas the same way

The simplest way to think about SCAN is that it applies a custom calculation to each element in a range/array and returns every intermediate result it produces along the way. If that sounds abstract, ...