The text trap: If you select numbers and the status bar stays blank (or only shows the Count), your numbers are formatted as text—and Excel can't sum words! This tells you that you should click the ...

Copilot integration in Microsoft 365 apps makes it a snap to generate first drafts, revise text, and get instant summaries for long docs or email threads. Here’s how to use Copilot for writing ...

A common criticism of Excel's SWITCH function is that it only handles exact matches, such as turning the number 1 into the word "Active." If you want to use greater-than or less-than symbols, most ...

Long the province of the ultra-wealthy, prenuptial agreements are being embraced by young people—including many who don’t ...

If you really want to understand 2025, do not start in Silicon Valley. Start on a construction site somewhere off a regional ...

Explore Excel’s latest new features such as Translate and the Formula-by-Examples tool, so multilingual reports update automatically and save ...

How directors and writers striving for a PG-13 rating have learned to ration the use of a four-letter obscenity.

For all the humor in his reporting, Liebling recognized Louisiana’s governor as something more than another political buffoon ...

The roll and write genre has exploded in recent years. This accessible style of gameplay is derived from the classic board game Yahtzee. Players roll dice or flip cards, and then use the revealed ...

SCRIBE STATUE. FOUND: Lagash, Iraq. CULTURE: Sumerian. DATE: ca. 2400 B.C. LANGUAGE: Sumerian. In early 2016, hundreds of media outlets around the world reported that a set of recently deciphered ...

Strong writing skills are essential for anyone in business. You need them to effectively communicate with colleagues, employees, and bosses and to sell any ideas ...