We’ve all been there—staring at a locked Excel file, unable to make the edits we desperately need because the password is nowhere to be found. It’s frustrating, isn’t it? Whether it’s an old file you ...

Microsoft Excel has been one of the go-to spreadsheet apps for several decades, and it's developed an array of tricks throughout its lifetime, not just for making data entry, editing, and organization ...

Microsoft Excel has several features designed to help you recover unsaved versions of spreadsheets and prevent data loss. If Excel closes before you save a file, you should see a Document Recovery tab ...

You’re working diligently on an Excel spreadsheet, making sure all the figures are accurate and everything looks great. You’re a machine: There’s nothing that can stop you from acing this task and ...

Have you ever been in a place where you’ve been working on an Excel file for hours, and suddenly all of your work has been lost? It might be due to an unexpected power loss or a system crash, ...

If you accidentally closed an Office document without saving it, or maybe a Word document you've been working on crashed, don't panic. By default, Office applications automatically save temporary ...

You’ve spent hours working on an Excel workbook on a MacBook, but now it’s gone. Or, when you exit an Excel file, you unintentionally select “Don’t Save”. Is this to say that your entire effort has ...

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You never know when one of your files might reach someone it wasn't intended to reach—perhaps through an email forward, a USB stick left behind on a desk, or maybe ...

Ever found yourself locked out of an Excel spreadsheet because you forgot the password or you have been given password protected Excel files from a colleague who was left the business? It’s a common ...