Hi!

You can use data validation.

Assume the range in question is A1:A10.

Select that range
Goto DataValidation
Allow: Text length
Fill in the criteria
OK out

Biff

"Mdlee" wrote in
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How do you format a column so that It only has a limited amount of
characters. Some rows in my column have over 40 characters which is
the limit. I need to cut off the characters at 40 for the complete
column. I have thousands of rows and I don't want to do this manually.


Thanks for the help!

Michael Lee


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