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These wildcards in Excel are your secret weapon for faster, smarter searches

The asterisk (*) is the wildcard character that represents any sequence of characters, including when there are no characters at all. It’s the most flexible of the bunch, since it can replace any ...
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Using TEXTSPLIT to dissect Excel text strings

I have used the Excel ... is “Text,” which is the text string we want to split. The second argument is Col_delimiter, which is the character(s) we want to use to split the text string into separate ...
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Using Excel’s TEXTBEFORE AND TEXTAFTER functions to easily tame messy data

How do the TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions in Excel ... for text is the list of SKU numbers, which is A2:A14 in this scenario, and the argument for delimiter is “-“. So far, it looks very similar ...

Struggling with Excel Formula Errors? This Guide Has the Answers

Fix Excel formulas that won’t spill! Learn how to troubleshoot #VALUE errors caused by Analysis ToolPak functions and improve your workflow.
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The Hidden Excel Settings Sabotaging Your Formulas : And How to Fix It

Have you ever followed a YouTube tutorial, carefully copied an Excel formula, and hit “Enter,” only to be met with an error or baffling results? It’s a ...