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Select the column and FormatCellsAlignment. Uncheck "wrap text" and OK
Do you see little squares where the CR's are? If so, insert 2 or 3 empty columns to right of column. Then DataText to ColumnsDelimited byOther. Hold ALT key and on the number pad at right, type 0010 You won't see anything but go to Next to see your data split into columns. Click Finish. You may have further massage to break out the State and Zip using Space Delimited Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 11:48:01 -0800, DeeW wrote: The Name and address appear in one cell with a return at the end of each line. "Bernard Liengme" wrote: Assuming John Public 123 Main Street Anytown, State 00000 appear on A1:A3 and the next person is on A4:A6 of Sheet1 On Sheet2 in A1 enter =Sheet1!A1; in B1 =Sheet1!A2, in C1 =Sheet1!A3 On Sheet2 in A2 enter =Sheet1!A4; in B2 =Sheet1!A5, in C2 =Sheet1!A6 Copy A1:C2 down the page for as many rows as there are names (rows in Sheet1 divided by 3) Now use Data | Text to Column on stuff in C column best wishes -- Bernard V Liengme www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme remove caps from email "DeeW" wrote in message ... How can I split the contents of a cell across multiple cells. I tried using the Text to Columns option in Excel which works, but I have over 200 cells that need to be corrected. The data in the cell appears as: John Public 123 Main Street Anytown, State 00000 I need to appear as: John Public 123 Main Street Anytown State 00000 Any suggestions would be appreciated. |
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