Sorting is one of Microsoft Excel’s easiest tasks. Click; you’re done! At least until you need to sort by multiple columns. For this sort task, you’ll need a custom sort. Here’s how. Sorts are a ...

Comparing two columns in Excel doesn’t have to be a difficult task, and to get the job done, we suggest using VLOOKUP. You see, not always; the columns you want to compare are in the same workbook or ...

Excel’s BYCOL() and BYROW() functions evaluate data across columns and rows, returning an array result set allowing you to bypass a lot of work. Most Microsoft Excel functions are autonomous—one ...

For many of us, sorting an Excel spreadsheet alphabetically means clicking the A→Z or Z→A buttons in the Sort & Filter group and moving on with our day. I used to think that was the extent of what ...

With Microsoft Excel's powerful sorting capabilities, you can enter unsorted data and let the software sort your data numerically, alphabetically or chronologically. You can sort all the rows in a ...