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John Bundy John Bundy is offline
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Default extact text string from specific cell except three last characters

assuming data is in A1
=LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-3)
you could also use a Mid()
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"markx" wrote:

Hi guys,

Is there any formula in excel that will extract me all the text from a
string except three last caracters?
Thanks a lot in advance for your help on this,

Rgds,
Mark