No, I'm obviously not making myself clear.

The =TRIM() is working fine, but what I want is for it to leave me with raw
text as a result, which I can then edit.

Curently if I try to edit the cell where I put the =TRIM() in the example
below, I'm not editing the word "text" I'll be editing the formular
"=TRIM(A1)"

"Dave F" wrote:

Sounds like the cell you're putting this formula into is formatted as text so
the formula's not running.
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"Chuda" wrote:

Hi,

I've asked this question before, but I can't remember what the answer was. I
know, I know, I'm sorry. I promise I'll make a note of it this time. I did
try a search, but I can't find my original question.

Anyway, I'm using =TRIM() to delete leading spaces, but I want the result to
be the raw text, not the dynamic function.

I.E. if A1 = " text"

I want to get "text", not =TRIM(A1) which will *display* "text".

I remember that it was something really simple - so why can't I find it in
help?

Thanks (again) for the assistance,

Graham.