Here's how to create a pivot table in Excel to slice and dice your data, letting you perform in-depth analyses and spot important trends.

You can insert blanks rows above or below another in Excel, and you can even add them between each row that has data.

Microsoft Excel PivotTables turn data into meaningful information, but it's difficult to add grand total rows. Read on to learn how.

Select the data, including the heading rows and columns, and click Insert > Table. Visually confirm that the range you’ve selected is correct, click the My table has headers checkbox, and click OK.

Here is where Excel pivot tables step in to extract data, which can help you avoid getting lost in endless rows and columns.