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Advanced Excel - Flash Fill: Other Data Into Separate Columns

Flash Fill in Excel allows users to separate data like names, numbers, or parts into multiple columns automatically. It works by recognizing patterns in the data as the user provides examples, such as entering a first name and Flash Fill predicting the next. Flash Fill can separate full names, numbers, or other data into individual columns with just a few examples provided by the user.

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Advanced Excel - Flash Fill: Other Data Into Separate Columns

Flash Fill in Excel allows users to separate data like names, numbers, or parts into multiple columns automatically. It works by recognizing patterns in the data as the user provides examples, such as entering a first name and Flash Fill predicting the next. Flash Fill can separate full names, numbers, or other data into individual columns with just a few examples provided by the user.

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Advanced Excel - Flash Fill

Flash Fill helps you to separate first and last names or part names and numbers, or any
other data into separate columns.

Step 1 − Consider a data column containing full names.

Step 2 − Enter the first name in the column next to your data and press Enter.

Step 3 − Start typing the next name. Flash Fill will show you a list of suggested names.

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Step 4 − Press Enter to accept the list.

Step 5 − Enter a last name in the next column, and press Enter.

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Step 6 − Start typing the next name and press Enter. The column will be filled with the
relevant last names.

Step 7 − If the names have middle names also, you can still use Flash Fill to separate the
data out into three columns by repeating it three times.

Flash Fill works with any data you need to split into more than one column, or you can
simply use it to fill out data based on an example. Flash Fill typically starts working when it
recognizes a pattern in your data.

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