Using the Text to Columns Tool One way to split data into multiple columns in Microsoft Excel is to use the built-in Text To Columns tool. This method is handy if you prefer to work in a dialog ...

Using the Excel Text to Column feature, you can choose how to split the column up, fix the width, or split at each comma, period, or other characters.

How to split cells into columns using a delimiter 1. In Excel, select the cell, group of cells, or entire column that has the text you want to split. It'll need to contain two pieces of data ...