To make full use of the INDIRECT function, you would benefit from first knowing how to create named references in Excel. The ampersand (&) operator is a great way to create a text string that can ...

Finally, if any of your text strings have special characters in them, the function will try to use them as part of the function versus seeing them as a text string. Special characters must be placed ...

Thanks to Excel’s string functions, parsing is easy, as long as the source values are consistent. String functions, such as MID() need to know where the substring you’re extracting begins and ...

In this tutorial, we will explain how to create a bulleted list using the CHAR function in Microsoft Excel. Bullets are black circle points but can also be any symbol.

Excel’s fill handle can generate a quick list of dates for you, but the list is static; you must create a new list if your needs change. SEQUENCE(), as shown in Figure C , lets you quickly ...

The real power of dependent drop-down lists comes from using the INDIRECT function in Excel. The INDIRECT function allows you to create a reference to a cell or range based on a text string. By ...