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how do I remove a hard return from a cell?
A find and replace mechanism for it would be great!
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you can type =clean(cell name) to remove the formatting. Course, this would
also remove all spaces...

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Select cell(s)
Edit | Find/replace
In Replace What enter Alt+0010
In With What - leave blank
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If by a hard return you mean Alt-Enter, then Edit/ Replace/ Find what:
Control J/ Replace with: [nothing]
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