you can just use "Edit & Replace" & replace the apostrophe with
nothing..........
hope that helps!
:)
susan



On Oct 24, 11:59*am, woodeaglevigil
wrote:
I exported a query from a Microsoft Access database to a Microsoft Excel
spreadsheet. *In this query were phone numbers for 369 people (with each
person and his or her data on a different row in the spreadsheet). *When I
exported the query to an Excel and changed the cell formats to the
Special-Phone Number fonts, it didn't change the display of the numbers. *It
still showed all phone numbers as 1234567890 instead of (123) 456-7890.

What is causing this is that there is an ' in front of each of the numbers. *
When I remove the apostraphe from the number is changes the phone number to
the format I want it in.

However, I was wanting to know if there is a quick way I can remove the
apostraphes from all 360 phone numbers at once instead of having to remove
the apostraphes individually one at a time.