How to Compare Text in Excel (Easy Formulas)

EXACT formula to compare text in Excel

Excel users often need to compare cells or columns to check if the same text is available in the cells/columns or not. A very common example of this is when you have names in two columns and you want to check if the names are exactly the same or what names are missing in one …

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Delete Blank Columns in Excel (3 Easy Ways + VBA)

All blank columns are selected

When I was working as a data analyst years ago, part of my job was to download data from financial databases and then clean this data. And one of the things I had to do while cleaning the data was to delete any blank columns in the data set. While you can always manually select …

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How to Sort by Length in Excel? Easy Formulas!

SORTBY function to sort by length in Excel

Excel allows you to sort your data set based on numeric values, text values, dates, as well as colors in the cell. However, there is no inbuilt functionality in Excel to sort the cells based on the length of the text in the cells. In one of my Excel training sessions, I was asked whether …

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How to Convert Text to Date in Excel (8 Easy Ways)

Select Short or Long date format

Working with dates is a common task for many Excel users. And sometimes, you can come across dates that are formatted as text (or look like dates but are not in the acceptable date formats, so Excel treat them as text strings). Since dates are stored as numbers in the backend in Excel, it allows …

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How to Zoom-in and Zoom-Out in Excel (Shortcuts)

Named Range is when zoom is below 40%

We all know how important it is to be able to see the data in our spreadsheets clearly. I find the functionality to zoom in on a specific section of the data set in Excel quite useful when I used to present my work in calls and meetings. Once you know how to zoom in …

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How to Cut a Cell Value in Excel (Keyboard Shortcuts)

Cursor changes when you select the data and place the cursor at the edge

Working with Excel often involves rearranging the data in the worksheets. And one common task many Excel users have to do is to cut the cell values from one cell and paste it to some other cell in the same worksheet or in another worksheet/workbook. While this is a basic operation that most Excel users …

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Save As Shortcuts in Excel (Quick and Easy)

Save as Dialog box

One of the worst things that can happen to you when using an Excel file is to lose your work. This is why almost all Excel experts recommend saving your work frequently (now Excel even has an autosave feature where it saves files automatically). While this is good practice, I recommend going even further and …

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How to Remove Drop-Down List in Excel? Easy Steps!

Column B has drop down list

I’ve been a big fan of Excel drop-down lists since I learned about them. It makes data entry fast It also allows me to create dashboards and reports that are interactive (where a user can choose an option from the drop-down in the entire dashboard updates). It’s also a useful tool when I’m sharing my …

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