With August coming to a close and the summer slowdown reaching its final nadir, it’s hard to focus on deal making right now. You find your mind drifting to the long weekend — nice weather, barbecues, ...

When you think of Excel, you think spreadsheets — and let’s face it, that’s not a word that excites anyone. That’s a shame, though. Because these days, Microsoft Excel helps many Fortune 500 CFOs ...

Is your chart boring? Try Excel’s people chart to liven things up. Susan Harkins shows you how. A people chart is an infographic, which leads me to a second definition. An infographic tells a story, ...

I can’t think of anything more boring than working in a spreadsheet, or more necessary for tracking your bottom line. And therein lies the conundrum. It takes a special person to do it, because the ...

Microsoft Excel spreadsheets hold more than a million rows of data and automate number crunching, but they can do so much more. Excel’s simple interface lends itself to uses well beyond those that its ...