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strange character
When I export from an internal appplciation to excel, this strange character
appears in the column next to the numbers. This is what the character looks like Â. It seems to have an effct on my ability to accurately sort any column where this character appears. Can anyone help me. Even if it is a way of finding this character on the keyboard and I could do a global replace. Thanks |
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Try this for dealing with that situation in the futu
First: Identify the character ------------------------------------ Edit the cell and copy only the  character Edit an empty cell and insert that character (using [ctrl]+V) (assuming you put it into A1) B1: =CODE(A1) (B1 returns 194, the ASCII code for that character.) Next: remove the character from the data -------------------------------------------------------------- Select the range containing the offensive character. Then...From the Excel main menu: <edit<replace Find what: Hold down [alt]...type 0194....release [alt] Replace with: (Leave this field blank) Click the [Replace All] button Is that something you can work with? *********** Regards, Ron XL2002, WinXP "B of A BDO" wrote: When I export from an internal appplciation to excel, this strange character appears in the column next to the numbers. This is what the character looks like Â. It seems to have an effct on my ability to accurately sort any column where this character appears. Can anyone help me. Even if it is a way of finding this character on the keyboard and I could do a global replace. Thanks |
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Try editreplace
what: ALT + 0194(using numpad) with: nothing Replace all. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:39:01 -0800, B of A BDO wrote: When I export from an internal appplciation to excel, this strange character appears in the column next to the numbers. This is what the character looks like Â. It seems to have an effct on my ability to accurately sort any column where this character appears. Can anyone help me. Even if it is a way of finding this character on the keyboard and I could do a global replace. Thanks |
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Sort of on topic:
Enter this A1: <ALT127 B1: =CODE(A1) C1: =CHAR(B1) I ran into this a couple of weeks ago in a post. How do you clean the ALT 127's? Nothing I tried worked. The only thing that came close was REPLACE but that crashed unless all the ALT 127's were in the exact same location. FIND can't "find" 'em. SUBSTITUTE can't "find" 'em either. Biff "Ron Coderre" wrote in message ... Try this for dealing with that situation in the futu First: Identify the character ------------------------------------ Edit the cell and copy only the  character Edit an empty cell and insert that character (using [ctrl]+V) (assuming you put it into A1) B1: =CODE(A1) (B1 returns 194, the ASCII code for that character.) Next: remove the character from the data -------------------------------------------------------------- Select the range containing the offensive character. Then...From the Excel main menu: <edit<replace Find what: Hold down [alt]...type 0194....release [alt] Replace with: (Leave this field blank) Click the [Replace All] button Is that something you can work with? *********** Regards, Ron XL2002, WinXP "B of A BDO" wrote: When I export from an internal appplciation to excel, this strange character appears in the column next to the numbers. This is what the character looks like Â. It seems to have an effct on my ability to accurately sort any column where this character appears. Can anyone help me. Even if it is a way of finding this character on the keyboard and I could do a global replace. Thanks |
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P.S.
Looking for a formula solution? Edit/Replace works. Biff "T. Valko" wrote in message ... Sort of on topic: Enter this A1: <ALT127 B1: =CODE(A1) C1: =CHAR(B1) I ran into this a couple of weeks ago in a post. How do you clean the ALT 127's? Nothing I tried worked. The only thing that came close was REPLACE but that crashed unless all the ALT 127's were in the exact same location. FIND can't "find" 'em. SUBSTITUTE can't "find" 'em either. Biff "Ron Coderre" wrote in message ... Try this for dealing with that situation in the futu First: Identify the character ------------------------------------ Edit the cell and copy only the  character Edit an empty cell and insert that character (using [ctrl]+V) (assuming you put it into A1) B1: =CODE(A1) (B1 returns 194, the ASCII code for that character.) Next: remove the character from the data -------------------------------------------------------------- Select the range containing the offensive character. Then...From the Excel main menu: <edit<replace Find what: Hold down [alt]...type 0194....release [alt] Replace with: (Leave this field blank) Click the [Replace All] button Is that something you can work with? *********** Regards, Ron XL2002, WinXP "B of A BDO" wrote: When I export from an internal appplciation to excel, this strange character appears in the column next to the numbers. This is what the character looks like Â. It seems to have an effct on my ability to accurately sort any column where this character appears. Can anyone help me. Even if it is a way of finding this character on the keyboard and I could do a global replace. Thanks |
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Doh!
Disregard. Sometimes I just don't think! If A1 = Try<ALT127this B1: <ALT127 =FIND(B1,A1) Biff "T. Valko" wrote in message ... P.S. Looking for a formula solution? Edit/Replace works. Biff "T. Valko" wrote in message ... Sort of on topic: Enter this A1: <ALT127 B1: =CODE(A1) C1: =CHAR(B1) I ran into this a couple of weeks ago in a post. How do you clean the ALT 127's? Nothing I tried worked. The only thing that came close was REPLACE but that crashed unless all the ALT 127's were in the exact same location. FIND can't "find" 'em. SUBSTITUTE can't "find" 'em either. Biff "Ron Coderre" wrote in message ... Try this for dealing with that situation in the futu First: Identify the character ------------------------------------ Edit the cell and copy only the  character Edit an empty cell and insert that character (using [ctrl]+V) (assuming you put it into A1) B1: =CODE(A1) (B1 returns 194, the ASCII code for that character.) Next: remove the character from the data -------------------------------------------------------------- Select the range containing the offensive character. Then...From the Excel main menu: <edit<replace Find what: Hold down [alt]...type 0194....release [alt] Replace with: (Leave this field blank) Click the [Replace All] button Is that something you can work with? *********** Regards, Ron XL2002, WinXP "B of A BDO" wrote: When I export from an internal appplciation to excel, this strange character appears in the column next to the numbers. This is what the character looks like Â. It seems to have an effct on my ability to accurately sort any column where this character appears. Can anyone help me. Even if it is a way of finding this character on the keyboard and I could do a global replace. Thanks |
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