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Practical Excel how-tos, no fluff.

Clear, step-by-step guides to the everyday spreadsheet tasks: translating formulas, converting between Excel, CSV and JSON, and merging workbooks. Each one is backed by a free tool that runs entirely in your browser.

Compare Files 6 min

How to Compare Two Excel Files (Row and Cell Diff)

Diff two spreadsheets to see what was added, removed or changed, down to the individual cell.

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CSV → SQL 5 min

How to Convert CSV to SQL INSERT Statements

Generate ready-to-run INSERT statements from a CSV, with a table name and dialect you choose.

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CSV → XML 4 min

How to Convert CSV to XML

Turn a CSV into valid XML, choosing element names and whether values are tags or attributes.

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Extract Column 4 min

How to Extract a Column from a CSV

Keep only the columns you need from a wide CSV, and reorder them while you are at it.

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Merge CSV 5 min

How to Merge CSV Files (Align Columns, Keep Every Row)

Combine many CSVs into one file, matching columns by name so mismatched files still line up cleanly.

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Remove Duplicates 5 min

How to Remove Duplicate Rows from a CSV

Drop repeated rows from a CSV, matching the whole row or just the columns that define a record.

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Split CSV 5 min

How to Split a CSV File (By Rows or By a Column)

Break a big CSV into evenly sized pieces, or one file per category, with the header carried into each part.

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Transpose 4 min

How to Transpose Excel Rows to Columns

Flip a table on its side so rows read as columns, then copy it or save it as a workbook.

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CSV → Excel 6 min

How to Convert CSV to Excel Without Breaking Data

Build a real XLSX from a CSV with typed cells, instead of double-clicking and watching Excel mangle your data.

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Excel → CSV 6 min

How to Convert Excel to CSV (One Sheet, Clean Output)

Export one sheet to CSV with the right delimiter and quoting, so the file imports cleanly into any tool.

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Excel → HTML 5 min

How to Convert an Excel Sheet to an HTML Table

Get a semantic HTML or Markdown table from a sheet, instead of the heavy styled markup Excel copies.

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Excel → JSON 6 min

How to Convert Excel to JSON (Array of Row Objects)

Map a sheet to an array of objects keyed by your headers, the shape most APIs and apps expect.

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JSON → Excel 5 min

How to Convert JSON to Excel (Array to Workbook)

Map an array of objects to a real XLSX, with keys as headers and objects as rows, straight from an API response.

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Merge Excel 5 min

How to Merge Excel Files Into One

Two ways to combine workbooks: a tab per file, or stack matching columns into one continuous table.

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Formula Translator 7 min

How to Translate Excel Formulas Between Languages

Why SUM becomes SUMME and SOMME, and how to move a formula between language versions of Excel without the #NAME? error.

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