In short, Power Query has one primary purpose: to save you time when handling data. More specifically, it can be used to clean up data already in Excel, import and organize data from lots of ...

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Learn how to clean and organize messy Excel data with manual techniques and Power Query automation. Save time and boost accuracy today.

This month’s column shows how to clean and join data using Excel’s Power Query.

A. Excel’s TRIMRANGE function and trim references help users quickly tidy up datasets. This makes for a cleaner, easier-to-follow, and more efficient spreadsheet.

You can remove duplicates in Excel in a few steps. Duplicates can create problems when you're dealing with data.

Type "=CLEAN (A1)" without quotes and press "Ctrl-Enter" to apply the Clean function to the entire selection and clean every data point in your list.

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