Consider that you have a list of names in which one name is repeated multiple times. Now you need to scan the column for the name which is repeated multiple times and add 1 if another repeated name is entered in the specific cells to show the total number of the repeated name. Below shows an example of how to do this. Add 1 to a specified cell if the cell contains certain text with an array formula The array formula below can help you add 1 to a specified cell if a cell range contains certain text in the ... Read More

When we need to make changes to anything in any cell, editing is a typical practice. Therefore, it is really necessary to get some practice using the shortcut key for this particular activity. There are times when we have to change the content of the cell. Because we frequently need to amend the formula or debug the formula, the shortcut is quite useful. Often, we may need to edit the formula. In addition, it is essential to practice shortcut keys in order to reduce the amount of time required for particular tasks when you are a new learner. Because of ... Read More

When you enable change tracking for a workbook, you will have the ability to choose which changes to accept and which to reject. You can make this decision by selecting the Accept/Reject Changes option from the drop-down menu of the Track Changes command button on the Review tab of the Ribbon. Excel will analyze all of the highlighted changes that have been made to the shared file by you and anybody else who has worked on it, and it will give you the option to either accept or reject specific modifications. Excel will show you a warning dialogue box before ... Read More

There may be times when you need to generate a series of random numbers based on specific mean and standard deviation for some scenarios. Below are some guidelines that will help you. Generate random numbers by given Mean and Standard Deviation To solve this, you need to follow the below step-by-step process. Step 1 To begin with, you need to enter your needed mean and standard deviation into two empty cells, in this case, I have selected A1 and A2 as shown in the below screenshot. Step 2 Afterwards, in cell B3, type this formula =NORMINV(RAND(), $B$1, $B$2) and ... Read More

Nowadays most of them use multiple passwords in our day-to-day work. The password may contain different lengths. If you are not willing to set a password then you can use formulas or a tool that is handy to generate random passwords for you. This article gives you some tricks to generate random numbers of your desired length in an Excel workbook. Random Number in a given specific length using Formula Random number in a fixed length Assume that you want to generate a random number string in a 7-digit length using a formula for this you can use the below ... Read More

We have used the lowest common denominator and greatest common factors we are students. However, if there are more big numbers, doing this will be complicated. Greatly Excel provides some functions to get the lowest common denominator or greatest common factor of numbers. Finding the Lowest Common Denominator of some numbers in Excel Lowest Common Multiple The Lowest Common Multiple or LCM of a set of numbers is the smallest common multiple of those integers. This means all those numbers to be divisible by the LCM giving an integer value. LCM is useful for calculating problems related to gears and ... Read More

It's possible that, for certain reasons, you'll need to divide the text in a single cell into many cells. This lesson is broken down into three sections: dividing text cells, dividing numeric cells, and dividing date and time cells. You will have a better understanding of how to approach the task of splitting when you are presented with a variety of examples, which are provided throughout each section. Split text You may use any one of the following techniques to divide a single text cell into numerous columns based on a certain delimiter, such as a comma, a space, a ... Read More

You may find that in many situations, all that is required of you is to extract the useful content from a sentence or a text string contained within a cell. For example, you may need to extract the province from the address, extract the email address from a sentence, or extract the courier bill number from a conversation. This article provides a collection of alternative ways that can assist in extracting text or numbers from a cell in Excel based on the precise position of the cell. The extraction is narrowed down to a certain place in the cell. Extract ... Read More

If there are only a few workbooks that need to be merged, you can manually move or copy worksheets from the original workbook to the master workbook by making use of the Move or Copy command, which is available if there are only a few workbooks that need to be combined. Combine Multiple worksheets/workbooks into one Let’s understand step by step. Step 1 In the first step, add few sheets in excel workbook as shown in the below screenshot. Step 2 As said in the previous step, add sheets and name the sheets. Refer to below screenshot. Step ... Read More

When faced with a frequent scenario, the majority of us may be required to input arbitrary numbers, dates, or text strings according to our preferences. However, at times, have you ever attempted to insert times into a range of cells in a random range? This function's name is RAND(). Excel will return a number that is either higher than or equal to 0 (zero), but it will never return 1. It is possible to generate random integers, text, date and time values, and even dates and times by combining the RAND() function with a few additional functions. Random numbers shows ... Read More