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, ...

Array constants can only contain text in double quotes, plain numbers (no currency symbols or percent signs), or Boolean ...

Mary Ann Richardson explains that when concatenating date and text cell data in an Excel formula, you need to convert date cells to text to avoid unexpected results. When concatenating—using a formula ...

Excel has over 475 formulas in its Functions Library, from simple mathematics to very complex statistical, logical, and engineering tasks such as IF statements (one of our perennial favorite stories); ...

Manually finding and replacing parts of text can be exceedingly tedious for lengthy Excel spreadsheets. Luckily, Microsoft included a couple of useful tools for locating text parts and replacing them ...

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Have you ever stared at an Excel spreadsheet, overwhelmed by its complexity, and thought, “There must be a better way to do this”? You’re not alone. Despite being one of the most widely used tools for ...