Use the RANDARRAY() dynamic array function to return random names or other text in Microsoft Excel. The recent article How to generate random letters in Excel shows you how to generate random letters.

Most people treat Excel as a rigid calculator, completely missing its capacity for chaos. Excel's built-in randomization tools can generate numbers, shuffle existing lists, and build mock timelines in ...

Usually, spreadsheets are used to store actual business data - not randomized information. But spreadsheets can still be useful to generate random numbers in Excel. Random data can be used as input to ...

Randomly selected samples from a larger population prevent bias in statistical procedures while avoiding the hassle of dealing with the entire dataset. If you have a list of entries to pick from in ...

Excel allows you quite a lot of freedom to customize your user experience via the use of macros. This tutorial will show you how to create and name worksheets using an existing list via a macro. You ...