Select the columns you want to fix. In this case we’re selecting the header columns — those at the very top of the ...

VLOOKUP and Search are two functions that Excel uses to search for text. VLOOKUP finds data in a column and returns the contents of an adjacent cell.

This illustrated walk-through (with a demo worksheet) shows how easy it is to create a multi-column search solution using validation lists and conditional formatting.

How to Separate Text From Numbers in Excel. When you open a raw data file in Excel, the program doesn't always recognize the way in which the data is formatted, such as comma-delimited, tab ...

You can split cells into columns in Excel using the "Text to Columns" tool, which is a great way to organize lots of data.

Often known as the universal data munging tool, Excel is trying out new options for processing messy text as well as entering it more quickly and accurately in the first place.

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 ...