When using WPS Spreadsheets to process data, sometimes we need to catch part of the data from a series of numbers. We can use the MID formula to realize it, to catch up a certain length of characters from a series of numbers. In this example, there is a list of phone numbers. The MID function can extract the long series of numbers, keeping the last seven numbers when removing the first three characters. Select cell D2 and click the Insert Function to pop up the Search for a function d....

Here is a form recording the personal information of staff. How can we calculate the staff number for each department?We can combine the LENS and SUBSTITUTE functions to realize it. Before starting, let me introduce the LEN function. It can return the character number of the text.Select cell A4. Go to the formula editing box for the Insert Function button, and choose the LENS function.Since we want to know the character number in cell A2, we need to enter “A2” as the TEXT parameter. Cl....

In this video, we'll introduce three practical functions in excel, which are the RIGHT, LEFT, and MID functions.In this example, if we want to extract the first three numbers on the right, how can we realize it? The RIGHT function could help. It can extract characters within a cell, from the right to the left. Here is the complete formula of the RIGHT function. RIGHT(text,num_chars) The first parameter text refers to the specific text to be extracted. The second parameter num_chars....

This is a table of information about the department employees. If we need to calculate the average weight of the staff, what should we do?Normally, you only need to enter the formula =AVERAGE(D2:D8) in cell D9 to get the average.However, the formula returns 0, and obviously, the result is incorrect because there are text characters in the cells, which affects the accuracy of the calculation. Do you know how to retain the weight unit and normally perform the calculation at the same time....

The function of Tabs in WPS Writer allows us to adjust the position of the text when typing by setting the horizontal Ruler, in order to align the text and symbols. And, it could be also used in Microsoft Office Word and Openoffice. How can we use the function of Tabs? If the ruler is not displayed in the document, we can click the View tab and check Ruler. The number on the Ruler represents the number of characters, and the page width on the current page is 41 characters width. Take t....

The TEXT formula in Excel is commonly used for the conversion of number-to-text in a certain format, and it could be also used in Microsoft Office Excel and Openoffice. Normally, the TEXT formula is used to customize format cells in terms of actual needs. To realize it, we need to adjust the second parameter of the formula, which stands for format texts to be set. In this example, the number 2.012584, which equips with six decimal places, entered cell A2. How can we convert it into a v....

Cell formatting is an important feature of spreadsheets. So today, we will briefly go through how to format cell values. Number formatting can be simply understood as a digital form that can be used for calculations.Take this table as an example: now the data in the cell is in text formatting. If using the SUM function to do calculations, we would find that the data in text format cannot be calculated. At this time, we need to convert the data into a number formatting that can support ....