If we could impart one reality to our small business clients, it’s this: if you’re not intimately in touch with your business’s financial health, you’re leaving money on the table. Period. It’s ...

Although Excel, the Microsoft Office spreadsheet program, has a few specialized financial formulas built in to the software program, the accounting format for spreadsheet cells has the most general ...

Microsoft Excel continues to hold a firm place in finance and accounting departments, despite being first released in 1985.

The accounting format in Microsoft Excel 2010 is very similar to the currency format---both display the currency symbol next to every number. But the accounting format has a few differences that make ...

It’s been fashionable of late to consider, if not accept as fact, the idea that Microsoft Excel, the trusty workhorse of accountants globally, is becoming outdated. But before you add spreadsheets to ...

Using Excel's number format tool means you can ensure your spreadsheet both looks the part and handles your data exactly how you want it to. In this article, I'll explain what each number format is, ...

Debate has raged about the efficacy of Excel since Microsoft launched it in 1985. The Wall Street Journal ignited a firestorm of discussion with its November 29 article that questioned whether Excel ...

We noted that Excel turned 40 this year. That makes it seem old, and today, if you say “spreadsheet,” there’s a good chance ...