Microsoft Excel lets you add two types of buttons to a worksheet: option buttons and toggle buttons. Option buttons, also referred to as radio buttons, let you choose one item from a list.

Excel 2003's Toggle Switch sets a variable to one of two values -- true or false. The control acts similarly to a check box, but looks like a button, so it suits cases where users must set single ...

Microsoft Excel won’t sort the buttons automatically — it isn’t a dynamic feature. To get the buttons to update the sort order, right-click the slicer and click Refresh.

Slicers are a good way to filter data in a Microsoft Excel PivotTable or PivotChart, but they take up a bit of room. By moving the buttons to the chart, you free room for more visuals.

But Excel kept thinking that those symbols were dates. For example, it would convert the gene symbol SEPT1 to 1-Sept. The problem went on for years until the HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee, ...

This video originally appeared on Business Insider. Excel can intimidate even the most computer literate and savvy. These quick formatting tips will help you easily enter and organize dates ...