There are two situations in which you might need to merge two columns of data in Excel 2013. If you've imported two columns of data from separate sources, you might want to combine them into a single ...

Microsoft Excel offers several tools you can use when you need to fill a column with the same text or numbers. Instead of completing each cell manually, you can quickly fill in the entire column using ...

The ability to move columns in Excel is a great benefit when dealing with long strands of data in Excel. You can easily move a column into another column, regardless of whether or not the other column ...

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 ...

How to use BYCOL() and BYROW() to evaluate data across columns and rows in Excel Your email has been sent Most Microsoft Excel functions are autonomous—one result value for each function or formula.

Use Excel data validation to prevent duplicate values in a column Your email has been sent Prevent duplicates before they happen by combining a simple function with data validation. Excel has built-in ...

Use Power Query's M language to quickly fix names, remove hidden characters, extract numbers, and merge columns.

In spite of having several spreadsheet tools and other similar applications, we still prefer to work along with Microsoft Excel itself. This is because this spreadsheet program makes your job pretty ...

Have you ever struggled to make sense of a dataset with too many categories or time-based data? It’s a common challenge—how do you present individual contributions while still showing the bigger ...

Data is rarely properly formatted and structured when you import it. Try these eight tips for fast data cleanup in Microsoft Excel. Data comes in from an increasing number of sources these days. For ...

Replace broken brackets in Excel with clear, flexible Power Query rules that handle real-world data effortlessly.