When it comes to working with data, whether it's a basic list of entries or a large dataset, Excel is usually one of the go-to tools for most people, and for good reasons. First off, it allows you to ...

Joining or merging two columns together in Excel is something every business owner will need to do eventually. If you're importing data from another source, like a CSV file containing prospect names ...

Nest CHOOSECOLS inside UNIQUE to extract non-adjacent columns, and use INDIRECT for interactive header dropdowns.

Copy all of the cells from the original column to the first new column. Select the character that divides the data. Depending on your data, this could be a space, a comma, a dash or another character.

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. Excel offers numerous ways to ...

Sorts are a simple task in Microsoft Excel if all you need is an ascending or descending sort. Excel is smart enough that it can interpret the data range. Not all sorts are so easy. Fortunately, Excel ...

Comparing two columns in Excel doesn’t have to be a difficult task, and to get the job done, we suggest using VLOOKUP. You see, not always; the columns you want to compare are in the same workbook or ...