Don't listen to anyone who tells you that the VALUE function in Microsoft Excel is obsolete. You'll probably seldom need to use it on its own, but when combined with other functions, it's still as ...

Q. I have used the Excel functions LEFT, MID, and RIGHT to dissect cells. However, I have some spreadsheets where each piece of information is a different length and uses different delimiters. Is ...

Is it frustrating that the leading zeros are automatically removed from your Excel workbook? Excel typically removes the leading zeros before a number as you input the number in a cell. It treats cell ...

The ampersand symbol is a quick and easy way to combine data in Excel. To explain this method to you, I have created sample data in Excel with the names of some persons (refer to the above screenshot) ...

Excel has formulas for just about everything—XMATCH for finding data, IF for logic, and SUMIF for conditional totals. But you've probably hit a wall if you've ever needed to extract specific patterns ...

Tired of struggling with pivot tables every time you need to summarize your data in Excel? You’re in luck! Excel’s new GROUPBY and PIVOTBY functions are here to make your life easier. These powerful ...

What if you could take the chaos of a sprawling Excel spreadsheet and distill it into exactly the information you need—no fluff, no manual sifting, just precision? For anyone who’s ever wrestled with ...