You can merge and combine multiple cells or columns without losing data in Excel and create customized lists, by following any one of these methods.

You can use the Excel Concatenate function to create a sentence, join and add space between words, comma between words, space between words, etc.

How to Separate Text From Numbers in Excel. When you open a raw data file in Excel, the program doesn't always recognize the way in which the data is formatted, such as comma-delimited, tab ...

Using the Text to Columns Tool One way to split data into multiple columns in Microsoft Excel is to use the built-in Text To Columns tool. This method is handy if you prefer to work in a dialog ...

You can combine two columns in Excel using several formulas and tools available in the software. If the columns that you want to combine are empty, you can use Excel's merge function.

In previous versions of Excel, you had to combine first and last names using the Concatenate function, or its shortcut "&" method.

Example of How to Use REGEXTRACT In this example, I want to extract the clients' first names, last names, and phone numbers into three separate columns. Let's focus on the names first.

Excel’s BYCOL() and BYROW() functions evaluate data across columns and rows, returning an array result set allowing you to bypass a lot of work.

Excel’s UNIQUE function allows users to extract unique values from a dataset, making it easier to identify and remove duplicates.

This month’s column shows how to use the remarkably versatile AGGREGATE function in Excel.