Break down a sentence, or a line, or a group of words based on the delimiters and fill them into each cell of a column is called Split Text to Columns.
Steps to Split Text to Columns in MS Excel:
- Select text that you want to split text to columns
- On the Data tab, in the Data Tools group, click text to columns to open a convert text to columns wizard dialogue box
- Now automatically detects your data type and selects the files type option
- Automatically detects one of the following two file types
- Delimited: Commas or tabs types of characters break each filed and fill them into each cell
- Fixed Width: Fields are aligned with columns with fixed width
If the Fixed Width file type detects, click “Next” on the dialogue box and do the following
- You can set or remove field widths on the next screen of the dialogue box as given below
- To create a break line at the desired position, click at that position
- To delete a break line, double click on it
- To move a break line, click and hold down the left mouse button and drag left or right
- Afterwards click “Next” on the dialogue box, then, select one of the column data formats that best suits
- Lastly, click “Finish“
If the Delimited detects, click “Next” on the dialogue box and do the following
- Select one of the delimiters such as a tab, semicolon, comma, or a space that your data contains
- Take a look at your data preview once on the dialogue box if it is correct click “Next” or set the correct delimiter
- On the next screen of the dialogue box, select column data format
- Take a look at your data preview once on the dialogue box and click “Finish“. The following data which has been changed as text to columns.
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How to Split Text to Columns in Microsoft Excel?
Break down a sentence, or a line, or a group of words based on the delimiters and fill them into each cell of a column is called Split Text to Columns.
