Assuming A1 is one of your "blank" cells, put this in another cell to see
the ASCII (or ANSI) code for the first character (there could be more than
one, but we need a starting point) and let us know the number it displays...

=CODE(A1)

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Rick (MVP - Excel)


"John" wrote in message
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HI
We would need a sample of your file. If you could upload a sample with
your problem to
a site like this one;http://www.filedropper.com/ and give us the link.
Someone should be able to help you.
Regards
John
"OperationsNETTC15" wrote in
message ...
I used that formula and it returned "the cell is not empty"

I tried to replace Alt-0160 and it did not find any, unfortunately....

It's a mystery.