Hi!

Select the range of cells in question

Goto DataText to Columns
Select Delimited
Click Next
For delimiters, select: space and other
In the little box beside "other" enter a backslash /
Make sure "Treat consecutive delimiters as one" is checked
Click Next
Select: "Do not import column (skip)"
Click Finish

Biff

"PaolaAndrea" wrote in message
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I have a column that has two words that are divided by the / sign.

I want to delete the first part; for example:
A1 reads: Excel / Access
I want to write a formula that will take the Excel /
And then A1 will equal to Access only.

Please help.

Thanks

Paola