The database capabilities of Excel are very powerful. In fact, not only can Excel be used to create a simple searchable database, it also can be used to create a proper relational database.

While Excel is renowned for its versatility in calculations and data visualization, it can also do the job just fine as a database. Small businesses, non-profits, and even departments within ...

When you want to organize, sort, and perform basic analysis on a lightweight database, full-fledged database software seems like overkill and expensive. Here is where Excel can step in to save the ...

Excel can send alerts based on spreadsheet data, but you'll need to write a macro to do it. We'll show you how.

The Office suite includes Word, a word-processing program; Excel, a financial spreadsheet program; Access, a database program; Publisher, for desktop publishing; PowerPoint, a program for creating ...