Data is in tables in Microsoft Word and needs to be moved over to Excel–and retain the table structure.

PROBLEM: copy from Word and into Excel creates a mess. Items that were in the same cell in Word are in different cells in Excel.

The solution is to replace ^p in the document with something that can be used as a delimiter in Excel.

Notice in the video I used zzzz and then changed to a double-pipe as a delimiter. I could have used the double-pipe first, but it’s something I figured out during the editing of this video.

I had tried ** as a delimiter and that caused problems as I eventually realized that asterisks are seen as wildcards and aren’t good as delimiters if you’re going to apply Find/Replace.

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I never expected to do a VLOOKUP tutorial because there are so many that other excellent folks have done. But … it’s time.

In this video:
– When to use VLOOKUP 0:50
– VLOOKUP’s pieces 1:45
– Raw VLOOKUP 3:52
– VLOOKUP with Tables 10:23
– Flash Fill 8:39
– weaknesses and Controversies 12:18

I focus on VLOOKUP with False (exact match).
VLOOKUP with True is wrongly described as an approximate match. No! VLOOKUP True is for use when records need to be assigned to tiers or categories. For more on VLOOKUP/True:

My book: Guerrilla Data Analysis 2nd Edition
http://www.amazon.com/Guerrilla-Analysis-Using-Microsoft-Excel/dp/1615470336
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This video picks up exactly where Day 13 stopped. Here’s that video:

Day 13 introduced the AND and OR functions. This video

– Nests AND inside IF to test for True and False
– Compares cell values to see if an exam was submitted within the time allotted.

Excel Ignited is a video series for Excel beginners. This was supposed to have been a series of videos posted daily during August 2016. However, once started … WOAH! The second video took 10 hours to record and edit. So, rather than daily videos, this will be a 31-episode video series that may take until the end of September to complete.

You with me?

My book: Guerrilla Data Analysis 2nd Edition
http://www.amazon.com/Guerrilla-Analysis-Using-Microsoft-Excel/dp/1615470336
My blog: http://datascopic.net/blog-2-2