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Default convert text to numbers

You may have some nonprintable characters try Value(Clean(A1))
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"Gary B" wrote:

Have copied and pasted a column of numbers to an excel 2003 worksheet. When I
try to sum then I get a zero as the sum. Have tried to use the =Value(A1)
formula to read to the next col as a number but get the #VALUE! Error. Must
be an easy way to do this, any ideas?