You can try this macro:

http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/join.htm#trimall

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"John Calder" wrote in message
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Hi

I run Excel 2K ans Windows XP

I have downloaded some numbers from a mainframe and they have come up as a
text format in the worksheet. I tried reformating them to a number but it
does not work. I also tried entering the number 1 in a cell and copying it
and then highlighting the numbers and slecting paste special thn using the
multiply option (i also tried the add option) but this did not work
either.


Is there a simple way of converting numbers in a text format to a number
format in Excel 2K


Thanks