Excel's VALUE function has only one argument: where a is the value stored as text that you want to convert into a number. This can be hard-coded inside double quotes or a reference to a cell ...

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, ...

Want to change text direction in Excel from vertical to horizontal? This guide describes how to do it in Windows 11/10 using ...

The asterisk (*) is the wildcard character that represents any sequence of characters, including when there are no characters ...

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When you enter longer text than will fit in a normal Excel cell, the excess text either carries over into the next blank cell or is truncated by adjacent data. You have several options to remedy this.

Microsoft has introduced exciting updates to Excel, focusing on advanced text analysis and the seamless integration of Microsoft Forms. These updates aim to make Excel even more versatile and ...

An curved arrow pointing right. This is one tool you must use in Excel. There is no need to download data to a text file and then import it into your spreadsheet. With the "Text to Columns" tool you ...