Hey Guys

I need to read a Worpad format in Excel.

I depend on a wordpad app to input text to a SQL database. I then read the
text field from the DB via ADO into Excel using nvarchar for the text field
as this is RTF. The text I get back looks like the following:

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{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil MS Sans
Serif;}{\f1\fnil\fcharset0 MS Sans Serif;}{\f2\fswiss\fprq2\fcharset0 Arial;}}

{\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;}

\viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\lang1033\f0\fs20 SPOKE RIETTE AND INFORMED HER THAT
CALLS WERE LOGGED INCORRECTLY I GAVE HER A NUMBER TO HELP HER OUT


\par

\par THE PRINTER IS FAULTY

\par \f1 called and confirmed with the user that the call can be closed.

\par \f2\fs18

\par }
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All I want is the actual text:

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SPOKE RIETTE AND INFORMED HER THAT CALLS WERE LOGGED INCORRECTLY I GAVE HER
A NUMBER TO HELP HER OUT

THE PRINTER IS FAULTY
called and confirmed with the user that the call can be closed.

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I know its a long shot but is there any way I can format the field within
Excel to read Rich Text Format?

Please help!