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Format Text Using Power Query or Get & Transform

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Power Query or Get & Transform (In Excel 2016) lets you perform a series of steps to transform your Excel data.
 One of the steps it allows you to take is to format text with multiple ways.
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For our example, let us go over the most common usages of format text:

  • Upper case
  • Lower case
  • Capitalize each word
  • Trim

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Download excel workbookFormat-Text.xlsx

STEP 1: Select your data and turn it into an Excel Table by pressing the shortcut Ctrl + T or by going to Insert > Table

Format Text Using Power Query or Get & Transform

 

STEP 2: Go to Data > Get & Transform > From Table (Excel 2016) or Power Query > Excel Data > From Table (Excel 2013 & 2010)

Excel 2016:

 Keep Duplicates Using Power Query or Get & Transform

Excel 2013 & 2010:

Keep Duplicates Using Power Query or Get & Transform

 

STEP 3: This will open up the Power Query Editor. Let us try to convert to lower case.

Make sure the Full Name column is selected. Go to Add Column > From Text> Format > lowercase

Format Text Using Power Query or Get & Transform

Format Text Using Power Query or Get & Transform

 

STEP 4: Let us try to convert to upper case.

Make sure the Full Name column is selected. Go to Add Column > From Text> Format > UPPERCASE

Format Text Using Power Query or Get & Transform

Format Text Using Power Query or Get & Transform

 

STEP 5: Let us now capitalize each word.

Make sure the UPPERCASE column is selected. Go to Add Column > From Text> Format > Capitalize each word

Format Text Using Power Query or Get & Transform

Format Text Using Power Query or Get & Transform

STEP 6: Let us now try out trimming the text to rid of the extra spaces.

Make sure the Full Name column is selected. Go to Add Column > From Text> Format > Trim

Format Text Using Power Query or Get & Transform

We have now formatted our text in Power Query in multiple ways!

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Bryan

Bryan Hong is an IT Software Developer for more than 10 years and has the following certifications: Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD): Web Developer, Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): Windows Applications, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) and Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA).

He is also an Amazon #1 bestselling author of 4 Microsoft Excel books and a teacher of Microsoft Excel & Office at the MyExecelOnline Academy Online Course.

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