If you want to use the replace command, you do it as follows:
1. Highlight the cells you want to change
2. Click EditReplace...
3. Find what: - [the dash character]
4. Replace with: [don't enter anything here]
5. Click Replace All

Regards,
Fred.

"New2EKU" wrote in message
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I've read the various messages about how to remove the "-" in a list of
SSNs,
using the replace command, but I cannot get it to work. I have a list of
SSNs that I need to convert to a string......222-22-2222 needs to be
222222222. Can someone help me?