Don't listen to anyone who tells you that the VALUE function in Microsoft Excel is obsolete. You'll probably seldom need to use it on its own, but when combined with other functions, it's still as ...

How to find the latest (or earliest) date and a corresponding value Your email has been sent You probably know how to use the MAX() and MIN() functions, to return the latest and earliest dates, ...

How to Extract a Substring in Excel Using FIND() and MID() Functions Your email has been sent Learn how to use MID() and FIND() and then combine them to parse substrings from inconsistent data.