This is an introductory course covering the basics of Excel tools and techniques dealing with downloaded data in a text format. It covers converting numbers formatted as text to numbers usable by Excel functions, concatenation, text to Columns and specific Excel text functions to manipulate and analyze data.

This course provides step by step instruction. It does provide an exercise file although most examples are simple and easy to type in on your own. In some cases, an answer sheet is also provided in the file.

Images of Excel menus, ribbons and dialog boxes use Microsoft Excel 365 so yours may look slightly different depending upon your version of Excel. In some cases, a few functions may not be available in earlier Excel versions and are so noted.

Learning Objectives
  • Recognize the methods used to convert numbers formatted as text to numeric values and dates formatted as text to date values recognized by Excel.
  • Discover and define the LEFT(), RIGHT() and MID() functions in Excel.
  • Recognize different concatenation functions and how to utilize them.
  • Recognize the uses of Text to Columns.
  • Identify how to evaluate text using the LEN function.
  • Recognize functions available to clean text.
Last updated/reviewed: November 13, 2024
19 Reviews (79 ratings)

Reviews

5
Anonymous Author
Very helpful tips. I have been using Excel for years, but have not been formally trained on many functions. The functions highlighted in this course will help me be more efficient in Excel for years to come.
5
Anonymous Author
This subject matter is extremely relvant to CPAs and the course had very descriptive information. I would have preferred the course be more than 1.0 hours for the amount of content covered.
5
Anonymous Author
Great content & learned a lot of Excel tips. I was familiar with a lot of these functions but didn't know about these additional tricks and uses.
4
Anonymous Author
I am an experienced Excel user and I still can learn new tricks. It would have been a better instruction if the excel files were included.
5
Anonymous Author
Excellent overview of Excel functions that I did not even know existed. This is certainly a useful course for any accounting professional.
5
Anonymous Author
Nice to see examples of result, formula, and original cell information. Makes it easy to follow the presentation.
5
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Good course, very helpful. I learned a lot of different techniques to improve my excel manipulation of text data.
2
Anonymous Author
The excel file referenced in the pdf was not included. This made it challenging to follow along. Not very useful
5
Anonymous Author
I really enjoy text based courses. I feel like I get more from reading then watching the videos. Great course.
5
Anonymous Author
Thanks for the helpful tips. Always good to update skills and refresh understanding of certain functions.
5
Anonymous Author
The course materials were helpful for understanding the content of the course.
5
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Great course. Helpful tips. I learned some helpful tips with Excel functions.
5
Anonymous Author
Provides the tips and tricks to working with downloaded text data in excel.
4
Anonymous Author
Easy to follow examples to use in real life. I recommend this training.
4
Anonymous Author
Good course and well written. Useful for future reference material.
5
Anonymous Author
Very good course overall, happy I took it as I learned a lot.
5
Anonymous Author
Interesting course, I learned many tips. Thank you!
2
Anonymous Author
Very basic excel course to deal with simple issues.
3
Anonymous Author
Excel files to perform examples are not attached.
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Prerequisites
Course Complexity: Foundational

No advanced preparation or prerequisites are required for this course.

Excel Version: Excel 365/ Excel 2019
Education Provider Information
Company: Illumeo, Inc., 75 East Santa Clara St., Suite 1215, San Jose, CA 95113
Contact: For more information regarding this course, including complaint and cancellation policies, please contact our offices at (408) 400- 3993 or send an e-mail to courses@illumeo.com.
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  Working with Downloaded Text Data in ExcelPDF
  Exercise Files: TextXLSX
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