Data Cleanup Made Easy: Fixing Messy Excel Files

  • 6
  • October 2025
    Monday
  • 10:00 AM PDT | 01:00 PM EDT

    Duration:  60  Mins

Level

Basic & Intermediate

Webinar ID

IQW25J1053

Remove Extra Spaces & Characters

  • TRIM /CLEAN / SUBSTITUTE Functions

Standardize Text with Formatting Functions

  • PROPER / UPPER / LOWER Functions
  • LEFT / RIGHT / MID / LEN Functions

Split Combined Data

  • Text to Columns Tool

Find & Replace for Quick Fixes

  • Replace inconsistent entries

Use Flash Fill to Detect Patterns

  • Auto-completes entries by detecting patterns

Eliminate Duplicate Data

  • Remove Duplicates Tool
  • Conditional Formatting (Highlight Duplicates)
  • Lock in Consistency with Data Validation (5 minutes)

Data Validation Lists

  • Prevent inconsistent  entries using dropdowns

Overview of the webinar

If you've ever opened a messy Excel file and have not known where to start, this webinar is for you. We’ll walk through simple, practical tools like TRIM, Text to Columns, Find & Replace, and Flash Fill to help you clean up and organize your data without getting overwhelmed. You will learn how to fix weird spacing, split up combined cells, standardize names and formats, remove duplicates, and even add dropdown lists to keep data consistent for easier sorting and filtering.

Who should attend?

This webinar is ideal for anyone who regularly works with spreadsheets that come from different sources that are messy, inconsistent, or poorly formatted. Especially when preparing information for analysis.

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  • Office Managers
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  • Customer Service Team Leads
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Why should you attend?

You should attend this session if you’re tired of wrestling with messy spreadsheets and want to save time and frustration cleaning them up. This session will give you easy, practical ways to get your data in shape. You'll walk away with tools and tricks you can use right away with no stress, no complicated steps, just useful Excel skills that make your work easier.

Faculty - Ms.Cathy Horwitz

Cathy Horwitz believes that when you know the capabilities of the software you use, you will demonstrate improved productivity, will be more efficient and will be able to problem solve more easily. 

She is an experienced educator specializing in the Microsoft Office suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access, and Outlook. With over 30 years of expertise in classroom and virtual training, Cathy has been teaching Microsoft Office since its inception, helping students and professionals master its powerful tools.

Cathy excels at tailoring her classes to meet the unique needs of her students, incorporating practical, real-world business examples to enhance learning. Known for her high energy and engaging approach, she brings a dynamic and supportive style to adult education, ensuring her students gain both confidence and competence in using Microsoft Office effectively.

She holds the Modern Classroom Certified Trainer certification from Logical Operations which prepares instructors for all aspects of delivering a course using the latest training technologies and approaches.

When not teaching, Cathy enjoys gardening, traveling, and refinishing mid-century furniture.

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