When you enter longer text than will fit in a normal Excel cell, the excess text either carries over into the next blank cell or is truncated by adjacent data. You have several options to remedy this.

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 ...

The FIND function allows you to find a text string within another. It returns the position at which a character or string begins within another text string. The output of the above function will be 5, ...

Tables, named ranges, line breaks, modern functions, and helper columns make Excel formulas easier to read, audit, and fix.

The simplest way to start documenting Excel formulas like a coder is by using the N () function. Although its primary job is to convert non-numeric values into numbers, it has a hidden quirk: because ...

Microsoft Excel 2010 does not include a bullet button on the command ribbon. However, you can still create an indented, bulleted list using shortcut keystrokes. Microsoft Office also allows you to ...

If a program can output a delimited text file (I’ll get to what that means in a minute), Excel can turn it into a reasonable table. Of course, the text has to be properly prepared. Every line in that ...

Q. I have a list of email addresses that I need to join in one cell, with each address separated by a semicolon. I use the formula =A1&”;”&A2&”;”&A3 or CONCATENATE to create the email group. However, ...

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