Software engineer Chandoo shares some Excel conditional formatting tricks that make for good-looking and useful spreadsheets, like a Gantt chart. Conditional formatting makes a cell look a certain way ...

Creating Gantt charts in Excel can help you manage project timelines effectively. Follow these steps to create your own Gantt chart: When you embark on a project, you often need a visual ...

Reader Tom saw our previously posted Excel Gantt chart template and said he had a better one to offer. Why a spreadsheet? Tom says: I do most of my project planning in MS Project which is great, ...

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Jazz up your Microsoft Excel workbook by creating conditional statements to visually represent trends within your data. The Conditional Format tool allows you to define conditional statements to ...

Project management is a foundation to meet any business goals within the given time constraints. It ensures that there is a proper plan for executing on strategic goals. Whether you run a small-scale ...

There are several ways to add text next to a Gantt chart in Excel. Because Gantt charts are made from modified bar charts, the text that normally appears on the chart will not always be relevant for ...

Conditional formatting highlights key information in a spreadsheet so it’s easy to see at a glance. This beginner’s guide gets you started. Spreadsheets usually hold a wealth of information, but it ...

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