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Default Extracting certain text from text string

A1 =Rev.2 Doc-5A - Safety in the Workplace 3/26/04

B1, formula :

=MID(A1,FIND(" -",A1)+3,FIND("/",A1)-FIND(" -",A1)-5)

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Bosco


"Haydie-lady" wrote:

I have a database list that I export into xls monthly. Once pasted in xls the
list is just one column w/ several rows a text string (see below). I need to
extract the description only. Please help. see below

Rev.2 Doc-5A - Safety in the Workplace 3/26/04

all I want to extract into another cell is "Safety in the Workplace"