I learned, belatedly, that last October 17 was Spreadsheet Day, marking the 35th anniversary of VisiCalc, the Apple II program that started it all. This moved me to republish a long piece I wrote 30 ...

In the world of corporate finance, spreadsheets are core. Whether it’s managing a profit and loss statement or developing financial and headcount plans, spreadsheets are a daily part of a corporate ...

If you have two similar Excel spreadsheets, or different versions of the same original spreadsheet, it can be useful to compare the Excel files and see how they differ. If the spreadsheets are short, ...

Google Spreadsheets is a free, Web-based spreadsheet tool from Google that does a surprisingly good job as a basic number cruncher, and the price is right. Google began accepting sign-ups to ...

Spreadsheets. They’re probably not what you’d call the most exciting piece of software going; it seems like a third of all startup pitches has "spreadsheets" in the "look how ridiculous, this is how ...

As the hammer is for the carpenter, as the stethoscope is for the doctor, as the scissor is for the barber, so too is the spreadsheet indelibly associated with the accounting profession. For decades, ...

Finding a reliable spreadsheet tool that does not involve the hassle of creating an account can be quite challenging. Fortunately, several free online spreadsheet services don’t require any login, ...

Two co-founders behind the competitive Excel UK chapter explain how the game works.

If you’ve just bought a new Mac, you’ll have Numbers (along with Pages and Keynote) ready for all your productivity needs. However, they aren’t the only options for digital number-crunching. As well ...