Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

I once made money moonlighting as a VisiCalc and Lotus 1-2-3 instructor before Steve Ballmer ever typed “=sum(Profits)” in an Excel 1.0 spreadsheet cell. And a friend and former colleague from my ...

Let’s face it—Microsoft Excel is one of those tools we all seem to need at some point, whether it’s for managing budgets, organizing data, or tackling that last-minute project. But if you’ve ever ...

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