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Excel's Information Functions

Excel's Information functions gives you information about the data in a cell or range of cells. This information includes whether the data is a number, the formatting applied to the cell, or even if the cell is empty.

Excel 2007 ISNUMBER Function

The ISNUMBER function's job is to check to see if the data in a certain cell is a number or not. This article shows you how to use this function.

Excel 2007 ISBLANK Function

The ISBLANK function's job is to check to see if a certain cell is empty or not. This article shows you how to use this function

Excel 2007 CELL Function

Excel's CELL function gives you information about a cell such as formatting, data type,location, and whether the cell has been protected or locked. This article shows you how to use this function in an Excel spreadsheets.

Excel 2007 TYPE Function

Excel's TYPE function gives you information about the type of data located in a cell. This article shows you how to use this function in an Excel spreadsheet.

Excel 2007 INFO Function

Excel's INFO function gives out information on a number of items related to the current spreadsheet such as the current file's location, the number of worksheets open in the current workbook, and even the version of Excel that is being used. This article includes an example of how to use the INFO function in an Excel spreadsheet.
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