Q. How do the TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions in Excel work? A. Excel’s TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions allow users to quickly split up text in ways that used to require combinations of ...

Excel has over 475 formulas in its Functions Library, from simple mathematics to very complex statistical, logical, and engineering tasks such as IF statements (one of our perennial favorite stories); ...

Learn how to effectively use the SCAN function in Excel to enhance your formula-building skills. This tutorial presents four practical examples: - Calculate year-to-date profit (YTD) as a running ...

VLOOKUP and Search are two functions that Excel uses to search for text. VLOOKUP finds data in a column and returns the contents of an adjacent cell. Search finds data in a cell and returns the string ...

Struggling with managing large datasets in Excel? You’re not alone. Many users find themselves bogged down by repetitive tasks and complex formulas. But there’s good news! Excel offers advanced ...

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 ...

To analyze your company's payroll expenditures, you might create an Excel spreadsheet and use some of the functions in the Financial or Math & Trigonometry categories. To create a pricing spreadsheet, ...

Microsoft Excel’s new text function TEXTSPLIT() is Excel’s TEXT TO COLUMNS feature in a formula and a bit more. Working with strings in Microsoft Excel is common, whether you’re parsing, concatenating ...

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 ...

Power users love to talk about how powerful and awesome Excel is, what with its Pivot Tables, nested formulas, and Boolean logic. But many of us barely know how to find the Autosum feature, let alone ...

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 ...

Microsoft Excel remains a cornerstone for data analysts, offering a wide array of functions to streamline workflows and enhance data accuracy. In this deep dive, Mo Chen highlights ten essential Excel ...