Q. I often save multiple versions of the same Excel file (usually with differing assumptions) and later have difficulty telling which file is which when I want to revert to a previous version. Any ...

Susan Harkins continues her review of Excel’s analysis tools with Scenario Manager. Last month, we used Goal Seek to determine the most reasonable mortgage payment within a specific budget. This month ...

Q. In your November Tech Q&A article on Excel’s Scenario Manager, you mentioned two other “what-if” tools: Goal Seek and Data Table. Can you show how those work like you did with Scenario Manager?

Excel offers three what-if analysis tools that can sharpen your decision-making and help you find the best route to accomplish your objectives. This ebook introduces these tools—Goal Seek, Scenario ...