Try this:

A1 = 12345xxx1234567890

=MID(LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-10),6,255)

returns xxx

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"billbrandi" wrote in message
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I have a file with 3 text columns that I am using as a mailing list. I
want
to remove the leading 5 characters from each text field and the trailing
10
characters from the same fields. How would I do this?