Open an application that contains the text you'd like to parse, then copy the text by highlighting it and pressing "Ctrl-C." Launch Excel and create a new workbook. Click the workbook's "A1" cell ...

Click on the row header for Row 1 of your spreadsheet. Click on the "Home" tab in the Excel ribbon. In the Font group, click on the "B" to make the headers you'll set in this row appear in bold text.

1. Insert a text box. Insert a text box in Excel from the Insert tab by selecting Text, Text Box, and then use your mouse to drag to a region on your worksheet. 2. Insert a formula in the text box.