Export the file as CSV instead. I think
that takes care of the apostrophe.

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Regards,


Peo Sjoblom

"TYM" wrote in message
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I have exported Outlook contacts to an Excel file. I run in to a problem
that the data in each cell now has a ' symbol placed at the beginning of
the
data. It prevents me from formatting the data, such as setting numbers to
a
phone number format. I have not found a method to remove the symbol
without
opening each cell and manually deleting the symbol. Any suggestions?