Although Excel, the Microsoft Office spreadsheet program, has a few specialized financial formulas built in to the software program, the accounting format for spreadsheet cells has the most general ...

The accounting format in Microsoft Excel 2010 is very similar to the currency format---both display the currency symbol next to every number. But the accounting format has a few differences that make ...

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Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Pivot tables in Excel allow ...

For many businesses, tracking financial performance is essential, but not every company opts for expensive accounting software to do so. Instead, a significant number rely on Microsoft Excel to ...

A staple of most offices since the mid-1980s, Microsoft Excel changed the way businesses manage their finances forever. With current advancements in technology that have improved financial software, ...

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Debate has raged about the efficacy of Excel since Microsoft launched it in 1985. The Wall Street Journal ignited a firestorm of discussion with its November 29 article that questioned whether Excel ...