Microsoft Excel is great for numbers, certainly, it does this job really well. But, if you want to present your data in an attractive manner that allows you to visualize and analyze it easily, then ...

Excel used to be the poor schmuck’s database, with spreadsheets that just sort of sat there. You could create something more sophisticated with LOOKUP functions, but they were a huge hassle to set up.

Excel possesses formidable database powers. Creating a relational database starts with a Master table that links it to subordinates, called (awkwardly) Slave, Child, or Detail tables. Before we dive ...