Q. When I paste a large amount of data into Excel containing dates as far back as the 1800s, the recent dates display correctly as valid dates, but the older dates automatically convert to text. I ...

The causes behind the problem include problems with the system and add-ins for Microsoft Excel. There could be more reasons like obsolete software, etc. The issue occurs when you try acting Microsoft ...

Microsoft Corp. yesterday confirmed that Excel 2007, the newest version of its market-leading spreadsheet, returns incorrect calculation results in some cases. The math bug first surfaced Saturday on ...

University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers have released a tool called CheckCell that’s designed to spot errors in Microsoft Excel spreadsheets that could lead to big problems. And as researchers ...

Few things frustrate us more than the inability to crack an Excel task independently. We love formulas and conditional cells, but the best way to utilize these features isn’t always easy. Tap or click ...

I've got a bit of a puzzler here that I'd like some help to figure out. I'm using Excel 2007 to create an analysis tool for my web design class. First ...

Microsoft has identified an odd bug in Excel 2007 that incorrectly displays 100,000 as the multiplication result in a cell when the answer should be 65,535 or 65,536. Microsoft employee David Gainer ...