Learn how to build an interactive image-based progress chart in Excel using simple tools and dynamic formatting techniques.

Microsoft is changing a 40-year-old Excel rule by allowing a single cell to hold multiple values using new lists, arrays in cells, and nested arrays.

Microsoft is expanding Excel with lists and arrays that hold multiple independently usable values in a single cell.

Launching the same software every day, hitting the same keys, clicking the same spots...Aren't you letting your precious time ...

Checkboxes, a few formulas, and a little formatting transform an ordinary task list into a useful, dynamic tool.

As PCMag's resident data journalist, I practically live in Microsoft Excel. I've learned that it's capable of far more than I ever imagined. These are the tips and tricks you need to know.

Once the basic chart is built, a handful of formatting tricks turn it into a timeline that stays in sync with your data.