Current stock prices and other quotes require the new Excel feature - Data Types. Unfortunately, this feature doesn’t work at the moment for Excel 2016.

When you work with data in Excel, you often need to add more and more new data. However, it takes some time to update formulas, charts, tables, when you add new data. Excel proposes functions that can help to customize your data and avoid routine updating. This tip is about creating an automatically extended (also known as dynamically updated or just dynamic) drop-down list.

When you compute subtotals in your spreadsheet, it can be necessary to select only subtotals and copy them to another sheet for future processing. If you select subtotals and copy them using copy-paste (Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V), Excel pastes all source data with subtotals. This tip demonstrates the workaround that allows you to copy just rows with subtotals.

For some charts or diagrams, you need to create a regular polygon – equiangular (all angles are equal) or equilateral (all sides have the same length). E.g., equilateral triangle, regular square, etc.

When you create a shape in your spreadsheet, it is created with the default style and any text that you type has the default font.

When you create a data table with daily records, you can need to highlight weekends or other specific days. You don't need to open a Calendar and do it manually; Excel proposes conditional formatting that can help you do it without any calculation.

When you work with some Excel elements such as tables, charts, you spend a lot of time positioning them and formatting them. Here will find the feature that Excel proposes to help you create a perfect presentation of your data.

When you create a presentation from your draft Excel spreadsheet, you might need to delete all comments. You can delete every comment one by one, but this will take some time. This tip shows the quick way how to delete all comments in your spreadsheet.

By default, Excel automatically creates hyperlinks when you type or insert URLs or e-mails. You can Turn off the automatic creation of hyperlinks in Excel, or delete all hyperlinks later.

Microsoft Excel proposes many different features for creating a perfect presentation of your data. One of these features is linked elements. This tip shows how to create a drop-down list and automatically show linked objects, such as images, text, hyperlinks, etc., for the selected drop-down list item.