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 ...

Adding a search field to your spreadsheet can greatly improve data navigation and usability. In this guide, you’ll learn how to create a dynamic search box that filters data based on your input, using ...

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, ...

Manually finding and replacing parts of text can be exceedingly tedious for lengthy Excel spreadsheets. Luckily, Microsoft included a couple of useful tools for locating text parts and replacing them ...

Excel spreadsheets are a daunting affair for many. And indeed, when you are confronting dozens of rows and columns comprising hundreds if not thousands of cells filled with all sorts of data, it's ...

This illustrated walk-through (with a demo worksheet) shows how easy it is to create a multi-column search solution using validation lists and conditional formatting. Excel offers numerous ways to ...

The SUMIFS function works in a similar way with text as with numbers, but there are two key differences. First, text in Excel ...

Run a copy and paste Excel formula to convert your Google Keyword Planner Search Volume to usable numbers within Excel. Our main sources of keyword data, no matter what keyword research tools we use, ...

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 ...

Q. I read your August 2022 JofA article about changing the case of text in Excel to upper, lower, and proper, but some of my data comes in sentence form. Is there any way to convert those text strings ...