Always a single letter and at the start?

=--RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1))

or select all data and do Data / Text to Columns Fixed Width / Set the break
after the first character.

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Regards
Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel
Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 97/00/02/03

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"ezu" wrote in message
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In EXCEL XP PRO I am trying to write a formula to convert cells containing
a
letter to a number and am having little success. i.e. A1005 to 11005 or
B1273 to 21273.

Can you enlighten me?