This guide provides step-by-step instructions with examples how to extract a substring in Excel using various text functions.

It is very easy to dissect the contents of a cell in Excel using the functions LEFT, MID, and RIGHT. All three functions are easy to learn.

The MID and MIDB functions in Excel return a specific number of characters from a text string starting at the position you specify.

Another way to split data into multiple columns is to use some of Microsoft Excel's functions. If you choose this route, remember that the split values will be linked to the original values, meaning ...