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)


"OperationsNETTC15" wrote in
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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.