Have you heard of Power Query in Microsoft Excel but always thought that it's only intended for Excel experts? Let me stop you there because, actually, Power Query is designed to be user-friendly and, most importantly, save you a lot of hassle when organizing your data.

Microsoft Excel has so many keyboard shortcuts that it can sometimes be difficult to remember the most useful. One of the most overlooked is F9, which gives you more control over formula calculation in your worksheets.

Splitting the contents of a cell into more than one column manually in Microsoft Excel would take too much time and likely result in errors. Fortunately, the program offers many ways—from built-in tools and automated processes to easy-to-use functions—to execute this data-sorting task.

More and more people are activating dark mode on their devices, especially on apps like Excel that display a lot of white elements. If your eyes are sensitive to light, you spend a lot of time in Excel, or you're working at night, switching to dark mode can help reduce your visual discomfort.