Finding data within a large spreadsheet file can be tedious, if not impossible. Fortunately, you have some options when you are trying to figure out how to search in Google spreadsheet files that can make the whole process a lot simpler. How to Search a Spreadsheet in Google Sheets Open the spreadsheet. Press Ctrl + … Read more
Cell shading is an effective way to draw attention to data in your spreadsheet without having to modify the actual data itself. But you may have a cell to which you have previously applied a fill color, only to find that the data has changed, or that the formatting of the document dictates the removal … Read more
Learning how to wrap text in Google Sheets is beneficial when you have a lot of text to display in a single cell that you need to be visible. We don’t always think about text formatting in Google Sheets and tend to compartmentalize them with documents, as options like line spacing in Google Docs don’t … Read more
The formatting that you apply to information in a document or a spreadsheet can be just as important as the information itself. Whether this is the font, the document margins, spacing after paragraphs, or the alignment, using the right formatting can make your data easier to read, and more visually appealing. If you want to … Read more
There are a lot of tasks that someone might perform manually in Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets before they realize that there is a way to accomplish what they want alphabetically. I have seen people that had a list in the application that they needed in alphabetical order and, instead of using the tool built … Read more
Spreadsheet applications like Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets provide you with options to create a merged cell. This is a useful option when you need to make a cell that is larger than the rest of the cells in your spreadsheet. If you need to unmerge a single cell or unmerge multiple cells in Google … Read more
Whether you are collaborating with a group of individuals or working on a complex spreadsheet that requires some additional details, the ability to add notes to cells in Google Sheets can be very useful. But those notes appear whenever you hover over a cell or click on a cell, so you might be looking for … Read more
When you start typing numbers into a cell in Google Sheets, that data will appear at the right side of the cell by default. This setting is called alignment, and it’s the way that Google Sheets and other spreadsheet applications like Microsoft Excel handle the way that your information is displayed in your cells. But … Read more
Spreadsheet applications like Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets provide you with ways to format data, select how that data prints, and adjust how it looks on your computer screen. Sometimes, however, you need to know how to hide some data, or maybe even hide an entire column, in Google Sheets. Occasionally you will have a … Read more
Modern spreadsheet applications like Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets will make some decisions about the data that you enter into your cells. These decisions typically involve the formatting of the data in an effort to make it easier to read and save you some time with formatting. But if Google Sheets is displaying information as … Read more