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Excel functions: 7 ways to use Text functions to manage data

Excel’s Text functions are a major time saver if your job entails managing massive data, especially data that’s imported from other sources. Fortunately, all ASCII data is easily imported, but the ...
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Excel finally speaks regex, and it cleans the data I used to fix by hand

I didn't realize how much time I spent on cleanups until regex let me stop.
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Extract text from a cell with Excel’s FIND and MID functions when you don’t know the start point

Bill Detwiler shows you how to extract a text string from a cell with Excel’s FIND and MID functions regardless of how many characters the source cell contains. If you can only read one tech story a ...
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Use Excel’s LEFT, RIGHT, and MID string functions to extract text from a cell

Bill Detwiler shows you how to extract text from a cell using Excel’s LEFT, RIGHT, and MID string functions. If you can only read one tech story a day, this is it. We use cookies and other data ...
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How to Extract Specific Data Automatically from Cells in Excel : 2025 Guide

Have you ever stared at a massive spreadsheet, overwhelmed by the chaos of mixed data—names, IDs, codes—all crammed into single cells? It’s a common frustration for anyone managing large datasets in ...
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Excel filters: How to use number, text and date filters to extract only the data you need

Excel spreadsheet databases work because users can filter the data inside these workbooks. Filters are conditions you specify in databases and spreadsheets to extract only the precise, requested ...