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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 ...

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The IF function is one of the most commonly used functions in Microsoft Excel. With it, you can test a value to see if it meets criteria. If it does, then display one result and if it doesn’t, then ...

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When typing text into a cell, Excel will show autocomplete text once a sufficient number of characters are typed. That number of characters depends on how many words of similar beginning spelling ...