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How to quickly split cell into a table in Excel?

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Here are some cells in a sheet, each one of the cells contains several values, and now, I want to split the cells into a range as a table as below screenshot shown. Is there any tricks on solving this job in Excel?
A screenshot of cells containing values to be split into a table

Split cell into a table with Text to Columns

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Split cell into a table with Text to Columns

In Excel, you can use the Text to Columns function to split a cell into multiple columns.

1. Select the cells you want to split into a table, and click Data > Text to Columns. See screenshot:
A screenshot of the Text to Columns option in the Data tab

2. In the Text to Columns dialog, check one option as you need to split cell by, if you want to split cells by delimiters, check Delimited, if you want to split by a fixed width, check Fixed width. See screenshot:
A screenshot showing options for splitting text by delimiter or fixed width

3. Click Next to go on, and check the delimiter you want to split based on in the Step 2 of 3 Wizard, see screenshot:
A screenshot of step 2 in Text to Columns wizard with delimiter selection

If you check Fixed width in step 2, you can click at the place of the string where you want to split at in the Step 2 of 3 Wizard. See screenshot:
A screenshot showing the fixed width option in Text to Columns wizard

4. Click Next, and specify the destination where you want to place the table in Step 3 of 3 Wizard. See screenshot:
A screenshot of Step 3 in the Text to Columns wizard showing destination options for the split table

5. Click Finish. Then the cells have been split into a table.
A screenshot of final output of split cells in a table format


Split cell into a table with Split Cells

The Text to Columns steps can be complex, so if you're interested in an add-in, you can try the Split Cells utility of Kutools for Excel, which can quickly split cell into table.

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1. Select the cells you want to split, and click Kutools > Merge & Split > Split Cells. See screenshot:
A screenshot of the Kutools Split Cells option in the Merge & Split menu

2. In the Split Cells dialog, specify the Type and Split by sections as you need, then click Ok to select a cell to place the outputting table. See screenshot:
A screenshot of the Split Cells dialog in Kutools with options to split by type
A screenshot showing where to place the split table

3. Click OK. And the cells have been split into table.

Split to Columns
A screenshot of cells split into columns

Split to Rows
A screenshot of cells split into rows

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