When you only need two outcomes, the IF function is fine. But the moment you start stacking conditions (if this, then that, otherwise if this, then that), you’re building a house of cards. At first, ...

The IF function is one of the most commonly used functions in Microsoft Excel. With it, you can test a value to see if it meets criteria. If it does, then display one result and if it doesn’t, then ...

Microsoft Excel's form controls can turn the Boolean options of a true-false choice into a clickable data-entry option. If you create spreadsheets to record business information about sales, personnel ...

Imagine this: you’re managing a sprawling Excel spreadsheet with thousands of rows of data. You need to identify high-priority tasks, flag anomalies, or categorize entries based on specific rules.

Each IF function in an Excel spreadsheet returns one of two messages. The first -- the "if" message -- displays if cells meet criteria that you specify. The second -- the "otherwise" message -- ...