Now, click on the Data Type button and then select Text. In the Change Column Type prompt, click the Replace current button and let Excel convert the selected column data format to text.

In the Maximum iterations box, type the number of times you want Excel to recalculate. The higher the number of iterations, the more time Excel needs to calculate the worksheet.

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

You can convert text in Excel to linked data types. This is referred to as “linked” data types because the data is connected to an online data source.

Microsoft expands Excel's real-time "data types" by adding support for your data, as well as hundreds of sources from Wolfram Alpha.