The asterisk (*) is the wildcard character that represents any sequence of characters, including when there are no characters at all. It’s the most flexible of the bunch, since it can replace any ...

Excel automatically adds parentheses when you select columns in a table with the mouse. This article explores structured references and the three situations where double square brackets are generated: ...

If you use Excel 40 hours a week (and those are the weeks you are on vacation), welcome to the MrExcel channel. Home to 2,400 free Excel tutorials. Bill "MrExcel" Jelen is the author of 67 books about ...

In Excel, both the 32,767-character cell limit and the 31-character sheet name limit are based on UTF-16 units. Since surrogate pairs count as two units, strings containing such characters may exceed ...

Merging cells makes a dataset look presentable and properly formatted. However, often you won't be able to merge cells because the workbook is protected or it is shared. You can first try to remove ...

1 Biosystems and Biomaterials Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, United States 2 Statistical Engineering Division, National Institute of Standards and ...

Have you ever stared at a colorful Excel spreadsheet, wondering how to quickly calculate totals or counts based on cell colors? It’s a common frustration for anyone managing large datasets. While ...

Word already displays the number of words in a document in its status bar for all versions. This number appears at the bottom, second to the right after the number of pages in the document. If you ...

Did you know that you can leave notes on specific Excel cells for people to read? It’s a great way to safeguard against data entry mistakes by putting in reminders or instructions. Here’s how to set ...

Cutting-edge microscopy research could explain why some get sick while others don’t. A lab at a small evangelical college in New England might not be the most obvious place for advanced cancer ...