Commercial off-the-shelf software such as Microsoft Excel lets you automate engineering functions (references 1 through 3). This Design Idea explains how you can use Excel to calculate the values of ...

Being able to view page numbers in a Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheet either on screen or in a printed layout is often very useful for users whose spreadsheet content spans multiple pages. In order ...

Have you ever tried to drag the header columns in an Excel spreadsheet to make them fit the text? I have and just when I think I’ve got it right, a quick glimpse down the line of columns usually ...

Copy Excel page setup settings from one sheet to another Your email has been sent The next time you need to configure the Page Setup options for a new worksheet, try this quick copy trick. Many print ...

Quickly add a header or footer to every sheet in an Excel workbook Your email has been sent You don't have to add a header to every Excel worksheet individually when you can group them first. Adding a ...

Microsoft Excel’s AutoFit feature is great when you need to resize a cell to display more text than the cell currently allows. But when you can’t change the size of a cell to fit the text, this tip ...