Excel's text functions, such as TRIM, UPPER, LOWER, and PROPER, can be used to clean up textual data. TRIM removes extra ...

Q. There was a December 2020 article in the JofA about cleaning and joining data using a program called Alteryx, but we don’t have access to this program. Could you explain how to do those tasks using ...

Power Query is a game-changer in terms of the amount of time I save, ensuring imported data is ready for analysis in Excel. If you're new to this tool, it's helpful to know a few commands that can ...

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Handling hundreds of rows, columns, and pivot tables usually results in a less-than-perfect dataset. A massive Excel workbook is often riddled with inconsistencies, errors, missing values, duplicates, ...

You can merge cells in Microsoft Excel as a quick and easy way to create titles, or to spread data neatly across columns and rows. There are several different types of merges you can perform in Excel, ...

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Business today depends on data. The ability to efficiently acquire, access, and analyze information is essential to effective decision-making. And better decisions are key to building better ...