When you import data into Excel, if Excel determines that one of the values in a column of data contains a string, it might import all values in the column as strings, even though they are really ...

The FIND function allows you to find a text string within another. It returns the position at which a character or string begins within another text string. The output of the above function will be 5, ...

Rarely is formatting perfect when you copy data from external sources into Microsoft Excel. As an example, you might copy business data from an online database only to find unwanted whitespace within ...

Q. I receive customer names from my clients in all different cases. Is there a way to organize the case of all customer names consistently? A. You can change the case of a text string in Excel by ...

Suppose we have a workbook with employee data (employee names) of an organization, as shown in the above image. Column A contains the first names of the employees, column B contains middle names of ...

Q. I have used the Excel functions LEFT, MID, and RIGHT to dissect cells. However, I have some spreadsheets where each piece of information is a different length and uses different delimiters. Is ...

The simplest way to start documenting Excel formulas like a coder is by using the N () function. Although its primary job is to convert non-numeric values into numbers, it has a hidden quirk: because ...