How to Use a Letter to Represent a Value in Excel. In Microsoft Excel, the well-known and widely used spreadsheet software, you can use letters to represent values.

It's easy to return random values in Microsoft Excel, but returning random letters might leave you scratching your head. Fortunately, you only need two functions.

You can remove leading, trailing, and extra spaces between characters and numbers in Excel using TRIM(), SUBSTITUTE() or Find and Replace.

Use the RANDARRAY() dynamic array function to return random names or other text in Microsoft Excel.

How do I check if a cell contains text or numbers in Excel? Highlight the range of cells. Go to the Home tab, click the Find and select button in the Editing group, then select Find from the menu.