Stop guessing! Susan Harkins shows you how to use Excel's Goal Seek what-if analysis tool to achieve your goals. If you ask me, Excel’s what-if analysis tools are under-used. I often respond to ...

Sometimes, people would use scenarios to try out various values, especially if they know the result they want from the formula but are not sure what input the formula needs to get that result. For ...

Excel journeymen know you can plug in numbers and get formula results from a spreadsheet. Lesser known, however, is the ability to figure out what numbers are need to get a certain result, which works ...

Managing personal finances effectively requires a combination of precision, foresight, and smart planning. Microsoft Excel offers a robust suite of tools, particularly under its “What-If Analysis” ...

Whether you’re a beginner or you’ve been using Excel for quite some time, you’re likely familiar with Goal Seek. I, for one, can’t count the number of times I’ve relied on it to work backward to a ...

While you can use Microsoft Excel to build any sort of model that you want, it's important to remember that the program comes bundled with a ton of awesome features that will do the work for you. One ...

If you ask me, Excel's what-if analysis tools are under-used. I often respond to readers with "Have you tried a data table?" Invariably, they don't know how to implement the feature--sometimes, they ...