Sometimes the dollar sign in Microsoft Excel is just a dollar sign, used to indicate that a number reported by a business or in someone's personal finances is in U.S. currency. But the dollar sign in ...

Microsoft Excel 2010 gives you a variety of different ways to automatically format the text and numbers that you place into cells. Many of these formats will automatically place a dollar sign with any ...

In October of 2001 , we described in this column how to use the dollar sign ($) to make an Excel formula constant—so when you copy a formula to a different location on a spreadsheet it won’t ...

Formulas are powerful tools for performing calculations and analyzing data in Excel. In this beginner’s guide, you’ll learn how to use formulas and explore some popular built-in functions. One of the ...

One of the best features in Excel is the ability to plug in a formula and then easily drag it into new cells and have it automatically shift to the corresponding cell values. But sometimes this can ...

In Microsoft Excel, the SIGN number is a math and trigonometry function that returns the sign of a number. The SIGN function returns 1 if the number is positive, zero if the number is 0, and -1 if the ...