JournalofAccountancy

Using Excel’s TEXTBEFORE AND TEXTAFTER functions to easily tame messy data

Q. How do the TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions in Excel work? A. Excel’s TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions allow users to quickly split up text in ways that used to require combinations of ...

Get a load of Excel’s new multi-value cells

Microsoft is previewing new features in Excel that let you store multiple values in a single cell. Here’s why that’s useful, ...
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Using TEXTSPLIT to dissect Excel text strings

Q. I have used the Excel functions LEFT, MID, and RIGHT to dissect cells. However, I have some spreadsheets where each piece of information is a different length and uses different delimiters. Is ...

When asking AI for Excel formulas, create a 7-row 'answer key' first

When you ask AI for an Excel formula, it returns a long formula immediately.However, reading whether that formula is correct ...