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Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program that comes standard with the Microsoft Office Suite. As a spreadsheet program, it is very beneficial for organizing information into separate rows and columns. However, getting information into the Excel spreadsheet is usually a time-consuming process. As Excel operates using cells, entering information can be slow because the correct cell must be chosen each time information is entered. This also means that keeping track of the character or word frequency within a spreadsheet can also be very difficult. Determining a character frequency requires knowledge of formulas and functions to be done in Excel. Varying levels of [http://www.hothotsoftware.com/excel-word-frequency-count-for-multiple-spreadsheets_software/ character count ability] is standard in most word processing programs. Microsoft Word 2013, for example, has a component that will calculate both the number of words and characters appearing in a document. However, this program has a severe limitation. It will only display the number of words and characters, but nothing more specific. All characters are lumped together and simply counted. While this may be useful to meet length requirements, it is not helpful to someone who needs to find additional data from pages of text. To find the number of words in a group of cells in a spreadsheet can be done by entering an extensive formula into a cell. This formula is too complicated to write here but can be located on the Office.com website. Unfortunately the formula does not permit any sort of specific character or word count, only the total number of words. There are also websites that feature character count and frequency as SaaS, or software as a service. This means that the program is available for use within the website but not externally on your personal computer. To use such a program, you must copy and paste your text into a box offered on the website. After pasting the text, the program will launch and begin to analyze the text. The results are returned in which letters are used and how often. However, the biggest drawback to this program is its SaaS status. Requiring an Internet connection to perform analysis can be troublesome when Internet is not always offerred. Luckily, a search for ‘Word Count in Excel' at http://www.hothotsoftware.com/excel-word-frequency-count-for-multiple-spreadsheets_software/ will result in locating a very useful software application. The program is created to display in a standard user interface format, so anyone with basic computer knowledge can employ the program. Additionally, the program works completely within one window, so you needn't worry about getting lost within the software. Upon opening the software, you will see the program divided largely into a top and bottom half of the window. The top section of the window shows a list which can be filled with the text files you wish to analyze. These files may be included individually or the program can find all of one file type from a folder. The bottom half of the screen has a window that will show the results of your analysis. At the very bottom of the window is a button to start the program. After running the program, the frequency of every character (including spaces) within the files is displayed. Using this information, a user can analyze the contents of the spreadsheet in any way needed. To find out more about this software application, please visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRe8fpxxOx8. [http://www.hothotsoftware.com/excel-word-frequency-count-for-multiple-spreadsheets_software/ Character frequency] is becoming big business. Don't allow yourself to fall behind, get the information you need and get it quickly.
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