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Have you ever stared at a chaotic spreadsheet, wondering how to make sense of the jumble of numbers, text, and inconsistent formatting? You’re not alone. Messy data is a universal frustration, whether ...

Q. I frequently import messy accounting data into Excel from ERP systems, bankfeeds, and purchasing systems. Is there a faster way to clean and standardize text–based accounting data without relying ...

Cleaning messy datasets in Excel doesn’t have to be a tedious, manual process. Simon Sez IT demonstrates how a few essential features, like Excel’s “Remove Duplicates” function, can save time and ...

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Microsoft Excel’s new text functions make working with strings a breeze. A common task is to parse or find characters within a delimited string in Microsoft Excel. Fortunately, Excel has several ...

Microsoft Excel’s new text function TEXTSPLIT() is Excel’s TEXT TO COLUMNS feature in a formula and a bit more. Working with strings in Microsoft Excel is common, whether you’re parsing, concatenating ...

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