Ultimate Suite for Microsoft Excel

Ablebits Data
On the Ablebits Data tab, the options are collected in five
groups: Merge, Compare, Dedupe, Text, and Manage.

Merge group

1. Merge Two Tables matches and merges data from two

sheets in six steps. Simply select your main and lookup
tables, matching columns, and columns that you want to
Compare group
update.

2. Combine Sheets joins multiple worksheets into a single

table according to column headers. No matter how your
tables are structured, just select the columns to combine.

3. Merge Duplicates combines data from duplicate rows into

one. Just select columns where you want to find duplicate
entries and columns with values to merge.

4. Consolidate Sheets summarizes data from multiple

worksheets. In three quick steps, select your sheets, a
function to consolidate data, and a place to paste the result. 1. Compare 2 Sheets is designed to detect and color different
rows or cells in two worksheets. You can then process them
5. Copy Sheets offers four options to bring together records
manually cell by cell.
from several sheets located in different Excel files. You can
paste data to one sheet or workbook. 2. Compare Multiple Sheets highlights differences in two or
more Excel sheets. You can get different values, formulas,
6. Merge Cells combines data from text cells. You can use it to
and formatting marked with background color, bottom
merge several cells, rows, or columns keeping all data.
border, or font color.
7. Vlookup Wizard matches and pulls values from another
3. Compare 2 Workbooks checks worksheets with the same
worksheet in a single step. The wizard builds INDEX/MATCH
name in two workbooks for differences and marks those
or VLOOKUP formulas that you can insert into your table.
differences with the colors of your choice.

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Text group

1. Click Trim Spaces to remove leading and trailing spaces 5. Substring Tools is a set of options for working with multiple
and excess blanks between words. values:

2. Use Change Case to change the case of text in the selected

cells to upper, lower, proper, or sentence case.

3. The following three features offer more options for

processing text cells:

• Click Add to add characters or substrings to a specified

position in the selected cells.

• With the Extract button, you can extract characters

based on their position and get the result inserted as a
value or as a formula.

• The Remove tool can delete characters, character sets

or substrings, or remove a certain number of first or last
symbols and chars before or after the indicated text.

• Remove Substrings deletes all the indicated character

4. This set of tools helps you convert and split text values:
sets from the selected column.

• With the Convert tool, you can convert numbers stored • Remove Rows by Substrings erases all the rows with
as text to numbers, replace characters, and convert line certain text values at one go.
breaks to spaces, periods, commas, or semicolons.
• Extract Substrings retrieves the indicated values out of
• Click Split Text to split cells by any chosen character, by a column and puts them into another one.
mask, or by strings, divide cell contents by line breaks,
• Replace Substrings searches for certain values and
and split the contents of a cell into columns or rows.
replaces them with the indicated characters.
• Split Names comes in useful if you have a column with
• Add Substrings inserts text strings into the needed place
personal name components given in different order
of the selected cells.
and need to put the first, last, and middle names into
individual columns.
6. Use Regex Tools to identify cells that match a certain
regular expression or to extract, remove, or replace
matching text strings.

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Dedupe group Manage group

1. Remove Duplicates can find and delete duplicates in your 1. Use Workbook Manager to get a list of opened Excel
worksheet based on one or several key columns, identify workbooks and easily add, rename, move, sort, or delete
unique values, highlight, copy, or move the found entries. worksheets they contain.

Also, under this button, you can find three more handy 2. These three options can come in handy as well:
features:
• Add Watermarks when preparing your tables for
• Find Duplicate printing. It can help identify the owner or the status of
Cells can search for the document and protect information.
duplicates, duplicates
• Start Column Manager to arrange multiple columns in
+ 1st occurrences,
a proper order. The tool displays a list of all columns in
unique cells, or uniques
your table, so you can navigate between them, add new
+ 1st occurrences in an
ones, autofit, or remove columns.
Excel range. You can
identify cells with the • TOC creates a table of contents with hyperlinks to all the
same values, formulas, worksheets in the current workbook.
background, or font
color.

• Remove Dupes Within

Cell clears repeated text
separated by certain
delimiters within Excel
cells.

• Find Fuzzy Duplicates

finds and fixes typos
and recognizes omitted,
excess, or mistyped
symbols.

2. Quick Dedupe is a one-step way to find, show, and remove

duplicates in Excel. It can not only eliminate dupes, but also
select, highlight, identify in a status column, copy, or move
them.

3. Compare 2 Tables provides a fast way to find duplicate or

unique values in any two tables, columns, or lists. The tool
searches for matches or differences by one or several key
columns.

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2. Run Create Cards to turn your table data into label cards,

Ablebits Tools for example address or mailing labels or price tags.

3. Split Table is a quick way to divide your worksheet into

The tools on the Ablebits Tools tab are arranged in six groups: separate sheets based on values in the selected columns or
Formulas, Date & Time, Transform, Search, Calculate, and by a specified number of rows.
Utilities.
4. Use Split Workbook to copy selected worksheets into new
workbooks. You can move each worksheet to a new Excel
workbook, group them in new workbooks by substrings, or
move every specified number of sheets to a separate file.
Formulas group
5. Click Transpose by Key Columns to transpose columns
Formula Editor shows Excel formulas in a to rows by the chosen key columns and simultaneously
tree view thus making them easy to write, combine cells if needed.
change, or copy.
6. Choose how to transform your table—transpose, swap, or
flip.

• Use Transpose to convert rows to columns, and vice

versa. You can paste values only, values and formulas, or
Date & Time group create links to source data.

• Select Swap to quickly swap the contents of columns,

rows, ranges, or cells without copy-pasting.

• Click the Flip button to reverse columns or rows, flip data

vertically or horizontally.

7. Use this set of options to put finishing touches to your

table.

• Delete Blanks is a handy tool when you want to get rid

1. Click Date & Time Wizard to add or subtract years, months, of all empty rows, columns, and sheets in a couple of
weeks, days, or even hours, minutes, and seconds. The tool clicks.
not only does calculations but also creates formulas.
• Split Names comes in useful if you have a column with
2. Date Picker is a dropdown calendar and a date calculator. personal name components given in different order
Pick a date in the calendar, add or subtract years, months, and need to put the first, last, and middle names into
weeks, and days from a date, and get the result put into a individual columns.
cell.
• Start Fill Blank Cells to fill all the blank cells in the
3. Use Text to Date to convert text strings that look like dates selected range with values from cells above or below.
into true Excel dates.

Transform group

1. Use Unpivot Table to transform your pivot table (crosstab)

to a one-dimensional list and save the result to another
worksheet or workbook without corrupting the original data. 4
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Search group Utilities group

1. Start Find and Replace to search in values, formulas, 1. Under the Randomize button, there are three more tools:
hyperlinks, and comments across multiple worksheets and
workbooks and replace in all or selected workbooks and • Use Random Generator
worksheets. to fill the selected range
with random integers, real
2. Select by Value/Color finds and selects cells based on your
numbers, dates, Booleans,
criteria.
or strings.
3. Here are some tools for filtering, finding broken links, and
• Shuffle Cells can randomize
synchronizing selection:
cells in rows, columns, or
in the selected range, or
• Use Filter to filter a list by value in a selected cell or by
shuffle entire rows and
multiple values in one column.
columns.
• Find Broken Links detects invalid external references.
• Click Select Randomly to
All broken links are displayed on the add-in pane, so you
get a random selection of cells, columns, or rows.
can review, open, or edit them.

• Sync Selection is helpful if you have multiple sheets and 2. Start Spell Number to convert numbers to words. You can
want a certain range to be selected in all of them. get currency labels and cent values if needed.

3. Use Add/Remove Leading Zeros to insert or delete leading

zeros in your cells.

Calculate group 4. Click Insert Pictures to insert multiple images into separate
cells in a column or row.

5. If you need to copy cell address, convert formulas, or

manage notes and comments, use these tools:

• Start Copy Address to copy a cell address and paste it as

a reference.

• Click Convert Formulas to turn formulas into values or

to change references in the selected range.

• Use Notes Manager to quickly add, copy, edit, delete

1. Sum by Color calculates your data by background or font
notes, and convert cell contents to notes, and vice versa.
color, counts the number of such cells, and finds average,
minimum, and maximum values in a range.

2. Use Count Characters to count all words, characters, or

specific symbols. The result is pasted as a value or as a
formula.

3. Try out Cross-Sheet Operations if you need to work with View Ultimate Suite for Microsoft Excel
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ranges.

4. Click Calculate to apply the same math operation, for

example subtraction, to all numbers in the selected range. 5