Goal seeking is a useful feature that works in conjunction with your formulas. If you know what a formula result should be, Excel can tell you which values of one or more input cells you need to produce that result.

If you want to paste text in your worksheet, you can use Excel's Convert Text to Columns Wizard.

This chart resembles a speedometer gauge and displays a value between 0 and 100%.

A common type of date calculation determines the number of days between two dates.

One of Excel's best-kept secrets is its ability to copy and paste pictures of cells. You can copy a cell or range and then paste a picture of the cell or range on any worksheet or chart.

If you need to select all objects embedded into the worksheet, e.g. select all charts to adjust their size, press Ctrl+G and click the Special button or use Ctrl to select objects individually.

Creation of a large number of visually consistent charts to represent different data is a time consuming and error prone task, unless you know how to copy formatting between charts.

Excel's ability to create automatic subtotals is a handy feature that can save you a great deal of time.

If you're willing and able to edit the Registry on your computer, you can change Excel's number of Undo levels.

This tip describes how to use conditional formatting for comfortable viewing results in the worksheet.