How can I delete a space in the beginning of a cell...
You can apply a formula in a helper column and then copy it down. If
your data is in A1, then you will need this formula:
=RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-1)
or this one:
=TRIM(A1)
The second one will only remove normal spaces that have the ASCII code
of 32, whereas the first one will remove the first character even if
it is the non-breaking space (code 160).
Hope this helps.
Pete
On Aug 20, 9:49*pm, GSimone wrote:
I'm copying text (data) from Word to Excel 2003 and it's bringing in a space
in the beginning of the cell, such as "_John Smith". What's the quickest
and/or easiest way I can delete this? Obviously, I don't want to get rid of
the space in between words, just in the beginning of the cell.
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