While Excel was designed for numbers, it also involves text in cells. So, for example, if you want to transfer your data and limit the characters for each cell, you may want to know how to count ...

Microsoft Excel 2010 is a powerful spreadsheet program that business owners can utilize to track everything from employee's schedules to inventory levels. If you find yourself in a situation where you ...

If your business uses spreadsheets, you may find it necessary to count the number of cells containing data in a worksheet. You might also need to determine how many cells are empty or if the values of ...

We will use the following three methods to count nonblank cells in Excel. In Microsoft Excel, the COUNTA is the function that is used to count the cells that contain some values. In simple words, the ...

One major reason Microsoft Excel spreadsheets are so popular is the ability to process the data entered on a sheet easily. For instance, if you are planning a wedding and individually listing expenses ...

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 ...

How to use the UNIQUE() function to return a count of unique values in Excel Your email has been sent The TechRepublic article How to create a sorted unique list in an Excel spreadsheet shows you how ...

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