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Excel’s MAP function is genius

Don't copy formulas cell by cell — you're working way harder than you need to.

Microsoft Excel can now put multiple values in a single cell

Microsoft is changing one of Excel’s most familiar rules: a cell no longer has to contain just one value. The company has ...

Excel Breaks a 40-Year Rule: Microsoft Lets One Cell Hold Multiple Values

Microsoft is changing a 40-year-old Excel rule by allowing a single cell to hold multiple values using new lists, arrays in cells, and nested arrays.

After 40 years, Excel is breaking one of its oldest rules: one cell, one value

Lists are the most straightforward part of the rollout. A user can create one through Insert > List or by pressing Ctrl+J, then add items separated ...
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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 ...
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Excel functions: 7 ways to use Text functions to manage data

Excel’s Text functions are a major time saver if your job entails managing massive data, especially data that’s imported from other sources. Fortunately, all ASCII data is easily imported, but the ...
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Microsoft Excel: How to link text boxes to data cells

Please note: This item is from our archives and was published in 2017. It is provided for historical reference. The content may be out of date and links may no longer function. Q. Is it possible to ...