You could use VBA code to get the results your looking for
AESGROUPGR123 will be GR123
AESGROUPGR457 will be GR457

Sub fivecharacters()
lastcell = Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
For i = 1 To lastcell
Range("A" & i).Value = Right(Range("A" & i).Value, 5)
Next
End Sub

"Allan Fischler" wrote:

I have a column and all I need is the last 5 characters in this field.
Problem is that this field has various text lengths. How can I get the last
5 characters and delete the rest. My spreadsheet has 1,000 or so lines.

This Column looks like this:

AESGROUPGR123
AESGROUPGR457
AESGROUPGR236
SECTIOGR046
MSGTYHSYHSYHGR123
MSGTYHSYYHGR123

My first thought was to make ths column flush right in Text to columns, but
I do not see that making it flush right is an option. Ideas?

Thanks.