Excel grays out menu commands for unavailable features or functions. To unlock the grayed-out menus, first review the most common causes, then take the steps necessary make the menu active. By default ...

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Have you ever found yourself in a chaotic Excel workbook, where multiple people are editing the same cells, accidentally overwriting each other’s work, or making unintended changes? It’s frustrating, ...

Microsoft Excel allows users to edit a cell in the cell itself. However, if you need to use a lot of big and complicated formulas, you might need to use the Formula bar. On the other hand, if you need ...

When editing a formula in a dialog box in Microsoft Excel, you might go to use the Arrow keys to move the blinking cursor to a different position. However, frustratingly and confusingly, doing this ...

Excel has this useful feature that probably most people completely overlook—the Quick Analysis menu. If you've been manually creating charts, writing formulas for totals, or spending time formatting ...

How do we add geometric shapes in Excel, and can they be custom-designed? Excel provides over 16 dozen geometric shapes that you can size and manipulate to your specific needs, plus hundreds of ...

Are all or some menu options greyed out in Excel for you? Some Office users have reported that certain or many menus are grayed out in their Excel sheets. Whenever they try to click on such menus, the ...