To display a tooltip, you may use Comments, Notes, Data Validation Help Text, or Screen Tips. Let us see how they work in Excel and Google Sheets.

While Microsoft Excel's comments and notes tools both let you annotate a cell, they serve different purposes, work in diverse ways, and vary in how they look on a printed Excel worksheet. In this ...

Many of them are backward- and forward-compatible, but check the system requirements before you download anything. Note that newer isn’t always better: Many of the ...

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In many cases, you want people to enter a valid date, and no other type of information, when they're putting data into a cell in Microsoft Excel. For example, you might be asking people to record days ...

Drop-down lists in an Excel sheet can greatly facilitate data entry. Here's a look at how to use Microsoft Excel's data validation feature to create handy lists within your worksheets. An Excel ...

While Microsoft Excel is one of the most powerful spreadsheet applications, it’s also the most intimidating tool in the Microsoft Office suite. If you’ve never used Excel before or are just a bit ...

GuruFocus has been collecting user feedback and brainstorming ways to improve our old Excel Add-in. We are happy to announce that, after a multi-year effort, we have now released our new Excel Add-in ...

Track stocks like a pro with a free Excel add-in Your email has been sent Retrieving up to date stock market prices for Excel is a snap with the free Stock Connector add-in. Here's a walkthrough of ...