Fix the "Retrieving Data. Wait a Few Seconds" error in Microsoft Excel with these effective solutions, including deactivating browser extensions, clearing cookies ...

Q. I have an Excel spreadsheet that contains errors because some of the numbers that are part of the calculations are blank or zero. Is there a way to have Excel automatically return something instead ...

What's unusual here is that someone checked it," says Ray Panko, a professor at the University of Hawaii and the elder statesman of small coterie of research academics who study—yes—Excel errors.