THANKS! I had read in the Excel Bible something like this but was unable to
make it work until your post!

"Gary''s Student" wrote:

If the SSNs are text fields:
'001-23-4567
then just do Edit Find and enter -
In the Replace field enter nothing

You should see:
'001234567

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Gary's Student


"Cheri" wrote:

I'm having difficulty with a spreadsheet and socials - I need to format them
so the leading zeros remain and the hyphens go away. I was given a concate
formula but in order to make that work I have to put it into the spreadsheet
and I can't use the column where it goes. The parameters are assigned for
uploading a flat file into our system. Can someone help me with low level
directions. I'm literate but not that literate.
Cheri