Percentages aren't always easy to calculate, but one of the best tools in Excel's toolbox is calculating percentages for you. Here's how to do it.

If you need to find the percentage change in Excel, especially across a range of cells, then this post offers step by step guidance.

Open Microsoft Excel. Enter the formula for calculating a percentage. As an example, to calculate the percentage for $10 out of $50, enter the formula "=10/50" without quotes.

If you have a lengthy column of numbers that you need to multiply by a percentage, Excel includes tools to instantly apply the product to the entire range of cells in the column.