This feature can split text by a specific character count or delimiter.

How to make text to column in excel. A Convert Text to Columns Wizard will popup. If you reformat data brought into Excel from an external source regularly then youve most likely come across Excels Text to Columns tool. Go to the Home tab Alignment group and click the Wrap Text button.

Convert a Number to Text Using Excel Text to Columns. Start with selecting your data. With the Text to Columns.

You can also reformat text using formulas like MID SEARCH LEFT and RIGHT to name a few but this can be tedious and hurt your head. However this method might be less useful if your data spans several columns as the Text to Columns command only works on one column at a time. Below are the steps to do this.

Normally you can apply some formulas to reverse the text to columns function to combine the separated columns into only one please do as follows. On the Convert Text to Columns Wizard Step 1 of 3 box choose the Fixed Width option. If you want to convert an entire column of Excel numbers to text you might prefer to use the Excel Text to Columns command.

On the first page of the wizard select the Fixed Width option and then click Next. With the Text to Columns. Select your data to the range from the first data cell.

To open Text to Columns the keyboard shortcut is ALT A E. Just select a blank cell then type any data in it then select it and click Data Text to Columns. In order to access Text to Columns in Excel go to Data then Data Tools and Text to Columns.