For this example, the object is to extract the last word—that is, the last name, from a string of text (the full names of a list of clients). 1. Enter some names in column A: first, last, and ...

Learn how to extract specific data from Excel cells using formulas, tools, and techniques to clean and organize messy ...

These two Excel functions let you extract text that appears before or after a specified delimiter. You can extract first name ...

It’s an interesting tutorial, but a more practical example might be returning a list of meaningful text content, such as a random list of names. In this Excel tutorial, we’ll use a dynamic ...

Continuing, let us assume you have 25 named worksheets. Next, select a cell where you want your list of names to appear (cell B2 in this example), and enter the numbers 1 through 25 (in cells A2 ...

In this tutorial, we will explain how to create a bulleted list using the CHAR function in Microsoft Excel. Bullets are black circle points but can also be any symbol.

In previous versions of Excel, you had to combine first and last names using the Concatenate function, or its shortcut "&" method. Those methods are still valid in Excel 2013, but the combined ...

Use this function to display the “text” of a formula in a given cell. For example, the actual formula in cell E2 is =SUM(C2*D2); but all you see is the answer, which is $164.25.

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. Search finds data in a cell and returns the stri ...

For users who are struggling with handling Microsoft Excel when trying to copy the same name multiple times without making it confusing, a simple procedure needs to be followed in order to count a ...