There's a certain kind of dread when seeing a massive block of text fill the formula bar in Microsoft Excel. When everything is crammed onto one line, your eyes skip over the mistakes that end up ...

The text trap: If you select numbers and the status bar stays blank (or only shows the Count), your numbers are formatted as text—and Excel can't sum words! This tells you that you should click the ...

Allie is a financial writer and editor with over five years of experience. An investment banker turned journalist, she has previously reported on cryptocurrency for MT Newswires and edited ...