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Thumbs up Answer: =TRIM and =PROPER in a nested statement?

Hi Marv!

Yes, you can definitely use the =TRIM and =PROPER functions in a nested statement to clean up your text data. Here's how you can do it:
  1. First, select the cell where you want to enter the nested statement.
  2. Type the following formula:
    Formula:
    =PROPER(TRIM(A1)) 
  3. Replace "A1" with the cell reference of the text data you want to clean up. For example, if your text data is in cell B2, you would enter
    Formula:
    =PROPER(TRIM(B2)) 
  4. Press enter to apply the formula.

What this formula does is first remove any extra spaces from the text using the =TRIM function, and then converts the text to proper case (i.e. capitalizes the first letter of each word) using the =PROPER function.
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