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Excel's Custom Data Validation: A Trick You Didn't Know You Needed

If you've used data validation in Excel before, you probably selected the relevant cells, clicked "Data Validation" in the Data tab on the ribbon, and created the rule in the Data Validation dialog ...
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Import data from a picture into Excel

Q: We receive documents in paper form, and I have to type information from them into our system. Is there an easier way to digitize this information into Excel? A: Excel allows you to extract data ...
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Using Excel’s TEXTBEFORE AND TEXTAFTER functions to easily tame messy data

How do the TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions in Excel work? A. Excel’s TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER ... The delimiter is the marker that separates out the data you want to split. The last four arguments ...
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How to Chart the Frequency of a Data Set on Excel

Plotting the frequency of data falling within numeric ranges illustrates the diversity of your data. As an example, a teacher might wish to calculate and display her students' grades by tabulating the ...
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How to do a mail merge using Microsoft Word and Excel to quickly create personalized templates for imported data

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How to add a UserForm to aid data entry in Excel

How to add a UserForm to aid data entry in Excel Your email has been sent When you need a user-friendly data input process, create an Excel UserForm. Users who are unfamiliar with Excel will find ...