Parsing Data

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Filtering Columns for Unique Values
If you have a worksheet column containing lots and lots of data, you may want to extract the unique data it contains. Using the advanced filtering capabilities of Excel, this task is much easier than you'd think.

Pasting Leading Zeroes
Paste information into a worksheet, and you may be surprised to see leading zeroes disappear before your eyes. Here's how to get them to stay where you expect them to stay.