Creating a list of consecutive numbers is one of the easiest ways to create unique IDs for product lists, transaction IDs or event numbers. Of course, manually typing the next consecutive integer is ...

Number1, [number2]: Number one is required, number two is optional. LCM functions let you find values for the least common factor. In this tutorial, we are going to turn the decimal inside the table ...

Locating missing sequential numbers can be an arduous task when working with long lists of data. For example, you might want to locate business check numbers that haven't been logged into a balance ...

Microsoft Windows may get all the press coverage, but when you want to get real work done, you turn your attention to the applications that run on it. And if you use spreadsheets, that generally means ...

Excel's VALUE function has only one argument: where a is the value stored as text that you want to convert into a number. This can be hard-coded inside double quotes or a reference to a cell ...

Windows may get all the attention, but when you want to get real work done, you turn to the applications that run on it. And if you use spreadsheets, that generally means Excel. Excel is, of course, ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...