All formulas in Excel begin with an equal sign, so the first symbol there is introducing the formula, not specifying anything about equality. To see if it's less than or equal to five, you'd use ...

Need to find cells with specific text? The COUNTIF formula in Excel has got you covered.

How to Write an If/Otherwise Statement in Excel. Each IF function in an Excel spreadsheet returns one of two messages. The first -- the "if" message -- displays if cells meet criteria that you ...

You can combine text from multiple cells into one cell in Excel using the Ampersand symbol (&) or by using the CONCATENATE function.

If you need to conditionally split values into multiple columns in Microsoft Excel, consider using the IF() function. Here's how.

On Monday, the company announced that its Copilot AI is now available as an Excel function for Microsoft 365 insiders. That means you can add COPILOT to a formula and then use natural language in a ...

Maximizing the Ampersand Operator’s Potential The ampersand (&) operator is more than just a tool for joining text—it is a gateway to creating dynamic, flexible, and efficient Excel formulas.

To capitalize the first letter of a text string in Excel, you can use a formula that combines multiple functions. We show you how to do it.

Perhaps Excel will create a built-in function to convert text to sentence case in the future, but until then, a formula will work. If you would like to follow along in building this formula, you can ...