As a child of the dark ages, I used the word rank to describe something that smelled rotten or suspicious. Rank in Microsoft Excel is, thankfully, totally different. In Excel, rank is a value that ...

Image: monticellllo/Adobe Stock LAMBDA functions are new to Microsoft Excel. With LAMBDA functions, you can turn a complex calculation into a simple sheet-level function. You must know the complex ...

We show you how to use Excel to count days between two dates using the DAYS, DATEDIF, NETWORKDAYS, and TODAY functions, and Subtraction.

Before LAMBDA was introduced to Excel, you'd need to know how to use VBA or macros to create your own function. However, today, Excel's LAMBDA tool lets you do this using familiar Excel language ...

Press F10, and small letters appear over each ribbon tab and quick access toolbar item. Alt+H takes you to the Home tab, ...

Commercial off-the-shelf software such as Microsoft Excel lets you automate engineering functions (references 1 through 3). This Design Idea explains how you can use Excel to calculate the values of ...

Learn how to calculate the net present value (NPV) of your investment projects using Excel's XNPV function.

Learn how to calculate the discount rate in Microsoft Excel, what the discount factor is, and how the discount rate and discount factor compare.

The new Microsoft Excel Visual Calculations feature in Power BI simplifies the process of creating DAX measures by allowing users to directly reference fields in their visuals. This feature ...

With those values, you can use a spreadsheet program like Microsoft Excel to calculate the asset's standard deviation. Investors use standard deviation as a proxy for volatility.