Manually finding and replacing parts of text can be exceedingly tedious for lengthy Excel spreadsheets. Luckily, Microsoft included a couple of useful tools for locating text parts and replacing them ...

In Microsoft Excel, a function is a predefined formula that makes calculations using specific values called arguments in a specific order or Structure. In this tutorial, we will explain how to use the ...

Excel is packed with functions, but if you're still relying on VLOOKUP, nested IF statements, or CONCATENATE, you're making your spreadsheets harder to manage than they need to be. Microsoft has newer ...

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How to use wildcards with the XLOOKUP() function in Excel Your email has been sent Microsoft Excel’s XLOOKUP() is powerful, but combined with wildcards, it’s also flexible. Lookup functions are great ...

Excel's IF function validates a cell's contents, determining whether it meets criteria that you set. It provides no information beyond what your workbook already contains, but it analyzes the data ...

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Q. I receive a weekly sales report from our European affiliate that has between 1,260 and 2,100 city names spelled using a native spelling that does not match what we use here in our offices (42 city ...

Excel's PIVOTBY function and PivotTables both summarize and reorganize data, allowing for detailed analysis by grouping and aggregating your figures. However, despite their similar names, the methods ...

Want to change text direction in Excel from vertical to horizontal? This guide describes how to do it in Windows 11/10 using ...

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