Excel

Use keyboard shortcuts

Discover how to move around and select text in Word and Excel using the keyboard ­ and get your free keyboard shortcuts guide

Navigate Word and Excel using keyboard shortcuts

Move around and select text using the keyboard – and get your free keyboard shortcuts guide

Workshop: Calculate areas with an Excel spreadsheet

Find out the true size of building plots, gardens, rooms or any unusual shape

PC Help: Fix a row or column in place in Excel

Use the Freeze Panes option to avoid having to scroll back and forth

Inventory your home with Microsoft Excel

An inventory of your possessions is invaluable for insurance claims. You can create and sort one with ease

Gallery: Inventory your home with Microsoft Excel

Excel yourself

If you think spreadsheets are dull tools, think again. Here's how one of the most widely used programs, Microsoft Excel, can turn your life around

PC help: How to see Excel cell formulas

A simple key combination reveals all

Gallery: Turn spreadsheets around with Pivot tables

Workshop: Turn spreadsheets around with Pivot tables

Pivot tables provide a fascinating way of analysing lists to see the data hidden within them

PC help: Enlarge cells to fit text

Change cell sizes in Excel spreadsheets

PC help: Repeat offender

Repeat existing values in Excel

Hints and tips: A good hiding

Excel in spreadsheet hiding

Use Excel to keep track of your finances

How to use Excel spreadsheets to keep an eye on your money