Excel grays out menu commands for unavailable features or functions. To unlock the grayed-out menus, first review the most common causes, then take the steps necessary make the menu active. By default ...

Excel has this useful feature that probably most people completely overlook—the Quick Analysis menu. If you've been manually creating charts, writing formulas for totals, or spending time formatting ...

As PCMag's resident data journalist, I practically live in Microsoft Excel. I've learned that it's capable of far more than I ...

You may have used Excel for years without delving into Styles (or stylesheets), but they can make work easier and faster—and more visually appealing. In this feature, we’re going to go over Cell ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link When you enter a date that's formatted with slashes, Excel will recognize it as a date. For example, Excel will automatically choose the date ...

Whether you’re tracking sales, managing budgets, or analyzing trends, the challenge of pulling out meaningful insights from an Excel spreadsheet can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. But ...

Are all or some menu options greyed out in Excel for you? Some Office users have reported that certain or many menus are grayed out in their Excel sheets. Whenever they try to click on such menus, the ...