=MID(A1,4,7) and copy down.
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David Biddulph

"bill" wrote in message
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Hi,

i'm not sure how to explain this but here goes...

i have cells containing 12 digit numbers. I need to remove the first 3 and
the last 2 digits. As there are 1000 plus cells (all in the same colum)
which
i need this to occur is there a way to automate this inexcel?

thanks,

Bill