Learn about 10 Text functions in Excel with examples, including Find, Len, Left, Right, Mid, Substitute, Upper, Trim, Concatenate, and Text.

To capitalize the first letter of a text string in Excel, you can use a formula that combines multiple functions. However, you cannot apply a formula directly within the same cell that contains ...

To make full use of the INDIRECT function, you would benefit from first knowing how to create named references in Excel. The ampersand (&) operator is a great way to create a text string that can ...

If you want to parse strings such as "First Last" into separate columns, you don't need to use fancy formulas. Excel has a tool that makes the job a snap.

Want to join multiple cells of text together into one? Learn how to use the concatenate function in Excel to easily combine multiple text strings into one.

Q. I read your August 2022 JofA article about changing the case of text in Excel to upper, lower, and proper, but some of my data comes in sentence form. Is there any way to convert those text strings ...

Excel functions, or formulas, lie at the heart of the application’s deep well of capabilities. Today we’ll tackle IF statements, a string of commands that determine whether a condition is met ...

For example, if you wanted to create a string that combined the first name and last name of a customer, you could use the formula “=A1&” “&B1”, where A1 contains the first name and B1 contains the ...