If you're a spreadsheet jockey but you're not keen on Excel's default settings, reader Curare details how to set up a custom Excel template so the data-wrangling app always uses the workspace you ...

Learn how to create, delete & use a Custom List in Excel. If your work requires typing specific lists repeatedly, you can create Custom Lists to save your time. Learn how!

You can create custom Excel functions using VBA matching using your criteria. Create custom Excel functions using Macros in Excel & use user-defined functions in Excel.

Q. There are formulas that I am repeatedly having to create in my Excel workbook, and there are no built-in functions in Excel that can do these calculations. Is there a quicker way to reuse the same ...

With Excel's templates, you can create company-specific time cards without the setup time, leaving you more time to carve rocks or focus on the employees whose time you are tracking.

Helen Bradley demonstrates Excel formatting tricks that will help you when things don't work as planned. Learn her methods now.

Yes, you can create such custom calendars, but it will take a bit more than a few keystrokes. Here are the steps: For Excel 2003, place your cursor where you want the calendar to appear and click on ...

Excel custom functions can also be created as Excel add-ins so that they are available for use in all workbooks. To create a function, open a new Excel workbook and create a small worksheet as shown ...

VIDEO: If you create a lot of charts in Excel, you should definitely be making your own chart templates.

Microsoft provided an update during this week's Build Conference event for developers regarding custom functions for Excel and related capabilities.