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 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 LEN function calculates the length of ...

Recently Microsoft has introduced a game-changing set of functions in it’s Excel spreadsheet software that harness the power of Regular Expressions (REGEX) to streamline data extraction, cleaning, and ...

Have you ever stared at a massive spreadsheet, overwhelmed by the chaos of mixed data—names, IDs, codes—all crammed into single cells? It’s a common frustration for anyone managing large datasets in ...

Microsoft Excel’s new text functions make working with strings a breeze. A common task is to parse or find characters within a delimited string in Microsoft Excel. Fortunately, Excel has several ...

I didn't realize how much time I spent on cleanups until regex let me stop.

Q. I receive Excel spreadsheets regularly that contain dates. I have to manually look up the day of the week that represents these dates. Are there any functions that can help speed this process along ...

Not all sort tasks in Microsoft Excel begin with the characters to the left, but getting around that issue is easier than you think. Susan Harkins shows you how. Software Installation Policy Five ...