It looks like you could record a macro when you do:

Select column A
edit|Replace
what: * ( <-- that's an asterisk, space character, open paren
with: ( <-- that's just the open paren
replace all

You may want to look at your earlier post for a similar solution to the created:
question.



Chuong Nguyen wrote:

I need a marco that can be use to delete the name in a cell in the
whole column and keep the number only (4042989)

A
1 FRED ELMS (4042989)
2 CLIFFORD LEE (I-4042705)
3 HOANG HUYNH (4044099)
4 BRENT FAUGHT (4043945)
5 ELIZABETH LAND (4044665)
6 TIFFIN FRIESE (4044885)
7 TIFFIN FRIESE (4044885)
8 FRANK KOLARZ (4044048)
9 ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ (4041452)
10 BRENT RAMOS (4045946)
11 BETTY EHMEN (4045474)
12 BRANDA REAVES (4045546)
13 JAMES BISHOP (4045820)
14 ELIZABETH BURKE (4045844)
15 MORRIS DEVORE (4045835)
16 JULIE RENSHAW (4044396)
17 WILLIAM THOMASON (4044207)
18 GEORGE FOBIA (4044664)

Any help would be appreciated.

Chuong Nguyen

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Dave Peterson