Adding color creates a great visual effect, but did you know that you can evaluate values by color? Use this technique to turn color into valuable information.

Counting records or values in Microsoft Excel is easy. Counting individual cells by their fill color definitely isn't. Using an old function and a matrix tames the problem.

This post will show you how to filter or sort Excel data using Cell Color and Font Color the easy way. This helps organize cells & improve productivity.

Highlighting cells with different colors can help you quickly identify information in a spreadsheet. Excel also lets you sort by color to easily group all the information you’ve highlighted with a ...

SUM is the spreadsheet equivalent of an open invite: it welcomes everything into the total, whether it belongs there or not.

The sum of the column of zeros will be displayed in the cell. Alternatively, you can type in the Sum function -- "=sum ()" -- and the range to be summed if you are familiar with the Excel Sum ...

Can Excel sort by color? Absolutely. In addition to sorting by values, Excel can sort by cell color, font color, and cell icon. First, you must you must define the colors for your sort columns ...

You can sum a series of numbers in Microsoft Excel manually by typing in a simple formula, or automatically with a tool.