This obscure Microsoft Excel tool imports PDF data without mangling it

In the top menu of Excel select Data > Get Data > From File > From PDF. Browse your files and select the PDF with the table ...

How to merge and unmerge cells in Microsoft Excel in 4 ways, to clean up your data and formatting

You can merge cells in Excel by using a simple drop-down menu, which will let you merge cells in a variety of ways. Here's ...

How to do a mail merge using Microsoft Word and Excel to quickly create personalized templates for imported data

You can do a mail merge in Microsoft Word and Excel to create personalized documents for many recipients at once.
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This one Excel symbol will change how you write formulas

The best way to do this is by converting your data to an Excel table. Select your data range (A1:E11), press Ctrl + T, and click OK. Excel names it something like "Table1"; in my case, it's Table3, ...
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Once you understand SCAN in Excel, you’ll never build formulas the same way

The simplest way to think about SCAN is that it applies a custom calculation to each element in a range/array and returns every intermediate result it produces along the way. If that sounds abstract, ...