Diarmuid Early won first place in the 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championship. He has some pointers for using Excel at work.

I don’t use Microsoft Excel all that often, so it remains a bit of a mystery to me. I can enter text and create graphs and that’s basically it. That’s why I’ve set myself a goal to learn one new Excel ...

Have you ever found yourself staring at a PDF file, wishing you could just pull the data into Excel and get to work? Whether it’s a financial report, a client list, or a data-heavy table, PDFs can ...

Charts and sparklines are powerful data visualization tools in Excel. Here’s a guide to the most popular chart types in Excel and how to best use them. Microsoft Excel offers a plethora of tools for ...

In the modern digital age, managing and extracting information from extensive PDF documents can be a daunting task. However, with the advancement of AI technology, tools like Bing AI in Microsoft Edge ...

As software has grown more sophisticated, there is more opportunity for users to mash up content between different programs. The Excel spreadsheet program, for example, used to handle only text and ...

Converting data from a PDF file into an Excel spreadsheet can be a daunting task, especially when dealing with large datasets. However, Microsoft Excel’s built-in features provide a seamless solution ...

We list the best Excel to PDF converters, to make it simple and easy to import your spreadsheets into PDF software to save as PDF files. The right tools are out there. Many of the best PDF editors and ...

While most of us already have login passwords on our PC, at times it’s necessary to go one step further. As well as encrypting individual files, you can use Microsoft Office to password protect an ...

We show you how to insert a PDF into Excel and have it display as a document, icon, or linked live file. Sharing invoices and financial statements in PDF format has become the norm. However, there may ...

It’s never a good idea to rush head-first into a new project if you haven’t completed the necessary preparation first. You may miss something, forget your overarching goal, or simply find it difficult ...