Microsoft adds IMPORTTEXT and IMPORTCSV to Excel, letting users pull text files directly into the grid with simple formulas.

With the functions I'll discuss here, you can make data cleanup much easier in Excel. They allow you to extract, style, split, and join text to get what you need without wasting hours doing it ...

If you've ever wished Excel could handle text patterns the way Python or JavaScript does, these functions deliver exactly ...

If Excel is not recognizing functions after reboot, change calculation settings, disable Show Formula, run Excel ...

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