How to Activate Focus Cell Before Microsoft added Focus Cell to Excel, I would click the row number or column letter to ensure I was reading or adding data to the correct cell.

Microsoft Excel users, follow these two easy methods to reduce data entry time and errors when customized features aren't available.

The use of a data-entry form makes data entry faster and more efficient because you don’t have to go to multiple different cells to enter data, row by row.

If you find entering data into spreadsheets to be mind-numbing drudgery, then you probably don't know about these cool, time-saving tricks that make Excel 2010 do the heavy lifting for you.

If you support users who have trouble entering data and printing an Excel sheet, use this eight-step approach to create a foolproof form.