Use Date function to convert date format

We may sometimes need to convert the format of the date in the table when using WPS Spreadsheet like Microsoft Excel. At this point, by using the Date function, we can quickly generate a specific date symbol. Take this table as an example. This table contains the information on the date of birth of some students in class. We can see that the information of year, month, and day are separated in this table. So how can we convert the format quickly to know the birthdays of the students? 1....

Use Validation to restrict date entries

When editing a spreadsheet, we may want to restrict the contents to ensure effectiveness, such as requiring the dates cannot exceed today. Today we will tell you how to restrict the input dates using Validation.First, select the cell range that contains the dates. Click Validation in the Data tab or use the shortcuts Alt+D+L.The Data Validation dialog will pop up, where you can select Date at Allow. Then, click the Data drop-down button to restrict the date range. Here, we select less ....

Insert date and time in the header or footer

WPS Writer allows users to add various styles of header and footer, including text, pictures, and date and time. So how can we realize inserting date and time? A footer has been added to this document. So here we take the header as an example to show how to insert date and time. Get into the Header/Footer tab and click Date and Time to pop up the dialog. On the left-hand side of the dialog, we can choose from different formats to present the date and time. Check the Update automaticall....

How to use OCR in PDF

Optical character recognition, also called OCR, is practical to extract text information from a picture. It can also maintain the content layout in the source picture. The first example will show you how to extract text from a picture.1. Go to the Tool tab and click OCR.2. In the pop-up dialog, click Screen Capture to take a screenshot of a selected area.3. Choose Extract text only.Then, we can get the text from the dialog on the right-hand side.If you've joined WPS Premium, you ca....

How to use the Selection Pane in WPS Spreadsheet

How can we select and edit multiple pictures, texts, and other objects in excel? Today, we will learn some tricks about the Selection Pane.Take this table as an example. You may open the Selection Pane using the methods listed below.The first method is to select Selection Pane from the Find and Replace drop-down menu in the Home tab. The second approach is to go to the Page Layout tab and look for Selection Pane. Or, you can go to the right-hand navigation bar and look for Selection Pa....

How to use Notes Master in WPS Presentation

If slides show everything that a speaker says, the slides are dull and the speech is boring for audiences. Therefore, when making slides, we can present the necessary contents on the slides and put the supplementary contents on the notes page to print them out. In order to unify the style of each notes page, we can use the Notes Master feature. With this feature, we can have a unified format for all notes pages, including new notes pages after setting for it. Click the View tab on the ....

Use the text function to extract characters in cells

In this video, we'll introduce three practical functions in excel, which are the RIGHT, LEFT, and MID functions.In this example, if we want to extract the first three numbers on the right, how can we realize it? The RIGHT function could help. It can extract characters within a cell, from the right to the left. Here is the complete formula of the RIGHT function. RIGHT(text,num_chars) The first parameter text refers to the specific text to be extracted. The second parameter num_chars....

How to use Merge Shapes in WPS Presentation

Merge Shapes is an important function in WPS Presentation. By using it skillfully, you can also create slides that have a strong sense of design.In short, based on the Boolean operation, Merge Shapes is the process of adding and subtracting two or more graphics. Select two or more graphics on the slide, and click the Drawing Tool tab and the Merge Shapes drop-down button.In the drop-down menu, we can see there are five options. They are Union, Combine, Fragment, Intersect and Subtract.....