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If you manage data in multiple Excel spreadsheets, you can use the Consolidate Data wizard to merge data from several spreadsheets or workbooks into one master sheet. The Consolidate Data wizard ...

I’ve just started exploring Excel 2016. As one of the tentpole applications for the new Office 2016, it has a raft of new features for lucky upgraders. Take a closer look with me and see what you ...

Microsoft Access supports direct import of spreadsheet data from files you've created in Microsoft Excel or saved as XLS or XLSX files in another application capable of creating Excel-compatible ...

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After covering a recent session on data munging with Excel, I wanted to see how those tasks could be accomplished in R. Surely anything you can do in a spreadsheet should be doable in a platform ...

Cardiff Metropolitan University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Spreadsheet blunders aren’t just frustrating personal inconveniences. They can have serious consequences. And in ...

Spreadsheet blunders aren’t just frustrating personal inconveniences. They can have serious consequences. And in the last few years alone, there have been a myriad of spreadsheet horror stories. In ...

Analysis: As the world's most popular office software marks 40 years of cells and rows, why do we keep making the same mistakes with spreadsheets? Spreadsheet blunders aren't just frustrating personal ...