Excel Custom Data Validation (Use formulas to check for text, numbers & length)

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Enhance your Excel skills with this detailed tutorial on creating complex data validations. Ideal for ensuring accurate data input in your Excel templates, this video is a must-watch for those needing to enforce specific text and number combinations in cells.

🌟 Key Learning Points:
- Custom Data Validation: Learn how to use Excel's custom data validation feature for complex checks.
- Formula-Based Validation: Discover how to construct formulas to validate specific data formats, such as a text character followed by numbers.
- Practical Examples: Get step-by-step guidance on setting up validations for different cases, like ensuring a specific character count or a fixed text prefix.
- Advanced Formula Techniques: Understand the use of functions like LEN, RIGHT, ISNUMBER, and MID to create robust validation criteria.
- Error Prevention: See how custom validations can prevent incorrect data entries and maintain data integrity.
- Input and Error Messages: Learn to add helpful input and error messages for users, enhancing the usability of your Excel file.

🚀 Practical Applications:
- Create templates that ensure users enter data correctly.
- Apply complex validations for data consistency in professional Excel reports.
- Enhance data integrity in templates shared within teams or organizations.

We also cover Excel's LEN, RIGHT, LEFT and MID functions.

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