Insert a line break to start a new line of text or add space between lines of text in a cell in Excel.

Select a cell next to the numbers you want to sum, select AutoSum on the Home tab, press Enter, and you're done. When you select AutoSum, Excel automatically enters a formula (that uses the SUM …

Hold down CONTROL, click the selected cells, then on the pop-up menu, click Insert. On the Insert menu, select whether to shift the selected cells down or to the right of the newly inserted cells.

One quick and easy way to add values in Excel is to use AutoSum. Just select an empty cell directly below a column of data, then on the Formula tab, select AutoSum > Sum.

You can add comments to cells. When a cell has a comment, an indicator appears in the corner of the cell. When you hover your cursor over the cell, the comment appears.

Add a bullet to a cell in a worksheet using character codes or symbols. In addition to a round bullet, you can choose to add a checkbox or other symbol.

To display both text and numbers in a cell, enclose the text characters in double quotation marks (" "), or precede the numbers with a backslash (\). NOTE: Editing a built-in format does not remove the format.

You can highlight data in cells by using Fill Color to add or change the background color or pattern of cells. Here's how: Select the cells you want to highlight. Tip: To use a different background color for …

Ideally, you'll have your list items in an Excel table. If you don't, then you can quickly convert your list to a table by selecting any cell in the range, and pressing Ctrl+T.

You can use a simple formula to sum numbers in a range (a group of cells), but the SUM function is easier to use when you’re working with more than a few numbers.