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 ...

Create a table or use an existing table. In this tutorial, we have the text ‘hhans 1997‘ in the text column; we want to substitute the’ h‘ with an ‘s.’ Click the cell where you want to place the ...

Messy Excel data can be a huge time-waster and a major roadblock to getting real insights. When you deal with an Excel workbook that’s packed with inconsistent entries, missing values, and duplicate ...

Q. I receive a weekly sales report from our European affiliate that has between 1,260 and 2,100 city names spelled using a native spelling that does not match what we use here in our offices (42 city ...

Data is rarely properly formatted and structured when you import it. Try these eight tips for fast data cleanup in Microsoft Excel. Data comes in from an increasing number of sources these days. For ...