How can we separate names in Excel into first names and surnames? And what if some names have middle names in them and some don’t? In this article we will go through two different ways on how to do that in Excel. The first method we go through is to use Text to Columns and … Continue Reading
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What You Should Not Use Excel For?
Microsoft Excel significantly refined over the past few decades. However, new features prompted people to use it in ways the program was not designed for. For one, Excel is not a database. Yet, many people use it as one. While the program can serve this function for small datasets, it can exceed Excel’s limitations as … Continue Reading
What You Should Use Excel For?
Microsoft Excel, the topmost spreadsheet application, offers plenty of benefits for individuals and business organizations. Being one of the most popular software, people across all industries use Excel for storing, organizing, and tracking data. With various functions and formulas, making calculations on Excel becomes highly convenient. This guide will highlight the many uses and benefits … Continue Reading
How to Extract Part of a Text in a Cell
When we download reports from CRMs and various systems, we can’t always control how the data will be presented. Luckily we have Excel. In this article, we will go through functions such as RIGHT, LEFT, FIND, MID and how to use these functions together to extract part of a text within a cell. RIGHT, MID … Continue Reading
Copying and Pasting in Excel
Have you ever copied a cell in Excel but when you pasted it into another cell, the value was completely different? How do copying and pasting work in Excel? Did you copy the formula or the value? There are so many different “Paste” options in Excel: In this article, we will go through a few … Continue Reading
Useful Hotkeys in Excel
Can you use Excel without a mouse? What are some of the functions or features you use most often in Excel? If there are features in the Excel ribbons you use frequently, you will save a lot of time if you start using hotkeys in Excel. Yes it may take time to get used to … Continue Reading
Search for a Partial Value with VLOOKUP
How can we look for a partial value with VLOOKUP? We know that VLOOKUP function has the option to not look for exact match but the list would have to be sorted in order first. And even then it is not very accurate. In this article we will first look at how to do a … Continue Reading