Excel Functions

How to Extract Text After a Specific Character in Excel Using RIGHT and FIND

Struggling to extract text after a specific character in Excel when data lengths vary? This article explains how to combine the RIGHT and FIND functions to solve the problem—taught by an experienced Excel formula expert.

2025.06.18

Excel Functions

How to Instantly Convert Address Numbers to Kanji Using SUBSTITUTE in Excel.

When printing addresses on envelopes using the address list of a New Year's card or a customer list, for example, horizontal envelopes are written in arithmetic (Arabic) numerals such as "1, 2, 3", while vertical envelopes must be written in Chinese numerals such as "1, 2, 3". Substitute the numbers...

2024.09.20

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How to Create a Petty Cash Log in Excel (Invoice-Compliant Template Guide)

Many companies and sole proprietorships use petty cash to keep track of personal and company finances. However, it is very time-consuming and error-prone to keep balances and to post the information in the cash book to the accounting system...

2024.05.30

Let's Make SeriesLet's make a petty cash book.

How to use the Spill function Excel (Excel)

I had neglected the "spill" feature implemented in Microsoft365 and Excel2021 for a while because I didn't really understand it, but when I tried it, I found it to be very useful. I found it to be very useful. Moreover, I thought that I could do a lot of things by applying this function...

2024.07.04

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How to Prefer Manual Fill to Conditional Formatting Excel (Excel)

Conditional formatting is a very useful feature that automatically fills in or changes formatting based on specified conditions. However, many of you may have experienced the problem that conditional formatting takes precedence over manual filling. In this article, we will discuss how to use conditional formatting...

2024.07.09

Excel Functions

How to Use Excel (Excel) Pull-Downs (Drop-Downs): How to Streamline Data Entry in a Few Simple Steps

By selecting items from pull-down menus instead of entering them freely, you can save time and effort in entering data, and you can also improve the reliability of data by preventing distortions in the notation. Preventing distortions in the notation allows the same data to be recognized as the same when tabulating data, so it can be used in Excel....

2024.11.11

Excel Functions

What does the error message "#VALUE!" mean and what can I do about it?

Error messages are unavoidable when dealing with Excel, and you may be surprised when they suddenly appear. Here are the meanings and countermeasures for these errors. As an example of preconditions, let's make a table like this...

2024.05.30

Excel Functions

How to display time in 15-minute increments (CEILING and FLOOR functions) Excel

In the last issue, we introduced how to use the TIME function to display the time in 15-minute increments, 30-minute increments, etc. (TIME function) Excel pointed out that it would be easier to use the CEILING and FLOOR functions...

2024.06.18

Excel Functions

Excel RIGHT and LEFT functions to extract a specific number of characters from the right or left of a string

I want to display only the four characters from the right of the data entered in a cell, or I want to display the rest of the data without displaying the left few characters. Conversely, I want to display only 4 characters from the left of the data entered in a cell, or I want to display the rest of the data without displaying the few characters on the right. Thus...

2025.02.19

Excel Functions

Automatically create invoices from sales invoices 2 Excel (Excel)

Creating Invoices Automatically from Previous Sales Statements1 Continuing from Excel (Excel), we will create an invoice. Putting the details on the invoice (using a function)*Using the "FILTER" function using Spil*This one uses the Spil function, so you will need to use Microsoft365 or E...

2024.06.10

Excel FunctionsLet's make an invoice from a sales invoice.