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These wildcards in Excel are your secret weapon for faster, smarter searches

The asterisk (*) is the wildcard character that represents any sequence of characters, including when there are no characters ...
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Using TEXTSPLIT to dissect Excel text strings

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 ...
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Using Excel’s TEXTBEFORE AND TEXTAFTER functions to easily tame messy data

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 ...
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The top 5 Excel formulas for students

Microsoft Excel is an undisputed king when it comes to working with numbers and data. Whether you're a student or a working ...