Editorial Note: Forbes Advisor may earn a commission on sales made from partner links on this page, but that doesn't affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. A Microsoft Excel spreadsheet is one ...

Software engineer Chandoo shares some Excel conditional formatting tricks that make for good-looking and useful spreadsheets, like a Gantt chart. Conditional formatting makes a cell look a certain way ...

Create a report using charts: Select Insert > Recommended Charts, then choose the one you want to add to the report sheet. Create a report with pivot tables: Select Insert > PivotTable. Select the ...

Reader Tom saw our previously posted Excel Gantt chart template and said he had a better one to offer. Why a spreadsheet? Tom says: I do most of my project planning in MS Project which is great, ...

There are several ways to add text next to a Gantt chart in Excel. Because Gantt charts are made from modified bar charts, the text that normally appears on the chart will not always be relevant for ...

Businesses and employees today face a wealth of choices when it comes to productivity apps and project management tools. While the effectiveness of these tools often comes down to personal preference ...

Managing projects can sometimes feel like herding cats: tasks scatter, deadlines blur, and team members lose focus. Without a solid project management tool for tracking tacks and a project management ...

Much of the data that you use Excel to analyze comes in a list form. You might need to sort the data, filter it, sum it, and perhaps even chart it. Excel tables provide superior tools for working with ...