Excel grays out menu commands for unavailable features or functions. To unlock the grayed-out menus, first review the most common causes, then take the steps necessary make the menu active. By default ...

Do you like menus? Menus tend to be overlooked in the desire to show every possible option at once in a toolbar or palette, but the nice thing about a menu is that its there when you need it and out ...

I've spent years watching people move data in Microsoft Excel by cutting, inserting blank rows, pasting, and then deleting the old empty space. Most people don't realize there's a right-click-drag ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Data validation in Excel allows you to create drop-down menus right inside individual cells. You can also restrict the types of values entered into different cells.

Excel spreadsheets do so much, from making lists to crunching numbers to acting as sophisticated flat-file databases. We’re creating this guide to make sure you master all the essentials and more.