Learn how to extract specific data from Excel cells using formulas, tools, and techniques to clean and organize messy datasets.

Excel has a surprising limitation that you may not discover until you try to enter more than 15 digits in a cell. The application can only store numbers with15 digits of precision.

Using Built-In Excel Functions Another way to split data into multiple columns is to use some of Microsoft Excel's functions.

Creating a list of duplicate values that’s separate from the data source is easier than ever thanks to Microsoft Excel's FILTER() function.