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How to Use the VALUE Function in Microsoft Excel

Excel's VALUE function has only one argument: where a is the value stored as text that you want to convert into a number.

Struggling with Excel Formula Errors? This Guide Has the Answers

Fix Excel formulas that won’t spill! Learn how to troubleshoot #VALUE errors caused by Analysis ToolPak functions and improve your workflow.
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3 New Microsoft Excel Features to Try in November 2025

All details in this article are correct as of October 29, 2025. Accessibility to some of the latest Excel features depends on ...
JournalofAccountancy

Using TEXTSPLIT to dissect Excel text strings

Q. I have used the Excel functions LEFT, MID, and RIGHT to dissect cells. However, I have some spreadsheets where each piece of information is a different length and uses different delimiters. Is ...
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 ...

Pick the Right Excel Lookup, XLOOKUP or FILTER for Your Data & Stop Wasting Time

Learn when FILTER beats XLOOKUP, when it does not, and how to handle multiple matches, nth items, and multi-condition lookups with clear steps.
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Data Cleaning Tools and Techniques for Non-Coders

Understanding, organizing, and validating data directly affects the accuracy of stories. New tools make cleaning accessible ...
Sports Illustrated

Why Other Teams Should Copy the Rams’ Overseas Blueprint

The Los Angeles Rams are on their bye week in Week 8. Last week, they were in London, England and picked up a massive win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. Going into the game, a lot of people were ...