You can use the TRIM function to remove leading (and trailing) spaces
- in a helper column put a formula like:

=TRIM(A1)

and copy down, assuming your values are in column A - adjust to suit.
You can fix the values and then copy over the originals. Record a
macro while you do this once, and then you can replay it again next
time you want to do this.

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Jan 24, 11:24*am, harwookf
wrote:
Is there a way of automatically being able to remove leading spaces? *A
number of people work on a spreadsheet and some remove the space themselves,
but others don't.
Ideally I would like it to automatically change perhaps by using a macro.