JournalofAccountancy

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 ...
TechRepublic

How to use the new TEXTAFTER() and TEXTBEFORE() functions in Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel’s new text functions make working with strings a breeze. A common task is to parse or find characters within a delimited string in Microsoft Excel. Fortunately, Excel has several ...
Geeky Gadgets

Excel’s Ultimate FILTER Hack : Multiple Columns Multiple Values

What if you could take the chaos of a sprawling Excel spreadsheet and distill it into exactly the information you need—no fluff, no manual sifting, just precision? For anyone who’s ever wrestled with ...
JournalofAccountancy

Using Excel’s REGEX functions to clean accounting data faster

Q. I frequently import messy accounting data into Excel from ERP systems, bankfeeds, and purchasing systems. Is there a faster way to clean and standardize text–based accounting data without relying ...
XDA Developers

6 functions that make Excel feel like magic

Megan is a Software Writer at XDA Developers who has been writing about consumer technology since 2016. With a postgraduate degree in New Media journalism, she has always been passionate about diving ...