On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 10:12:37 -0600, Dave Peterson
wrote:

Maybe you can select the range
edit|replace
what: _-* (spacebar, hyphen, asterisk)
with: (leave blank)
replace all

Thanks for a great and simple solution. I had no idea that I could use
wildcards in Excel searches... (Must be a fine print in my Excel
books)

Thanks to all others for wonderful suggestions. I've learned a lot
from this group.