Tree diagrams use graphics to indicate the materials comprising a project or product and the relationships between those materials. A bill of materials, or BOM, performs the same function but with ...

The SORT and SORTBY functions let you extract certain columns and rows from a dataset and sort them in a certain order, all while preserving the source data. Even though they work in similar ways, ...

Sorting is one of Microsoft Excel’s easiest tasks. Click; you’re done! At least until you need to sort by multiple columns. For this sort task, you’ll need a custom sort. Here’s how. Sorts are a ...

What’s the difference between a table and a range of columns and rows on an Excel spreadsheet? How do I create and populate tables? And, once a table is created, how do we custom filter, format, and ...

Not all sorts in Excel are alphabetical. Sometimes, you need to sort by an irregular set of terms, and when that happens, you need to create a custom sort. Here’s how. Sorting is easy in Excel; you ...

Excel spreadsheets do so much, from making lists to crunching numbers to acting as sophisticated flat-file databases. We’re creating this guide to make sure you master all the essentials and more.