Users will appreciate a chart that updates right before their eyes. In Microsoft Excel 2007 and Excel 2010, it's as easy as creating a table. In earlier versions, you'll need the formula method.

For years, building dashboards in Excel meant juggling helper columns, dragging formulas across endless cells, and praying your pivot table wouldn’t collapse under its own weight. But that’s changed.

Q. Is it possible to sort a column in Excel using formulas rather than the Data tab’s Sort tool, so the sort process is performed automatically as I update my data? A. Excel has announced a new ...

What if you could write Excel formulas that practically think for themselves—automatically adjusting to changes in your data without endless tweaking? With the introduction of the dot operator and the ...