LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #1   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 6
Default Find & Replace apostrophes in text

Hello,

I have a worksheet that has some long text in a column of cells. Some of
the words contain right-slant apostrophes ( ) which cause problems with the
program that imports this data. Since there are many instances of this
character that I need to replace with a standard apostrophe ( ' ), I thought
I would do a find & replace to clean up the data. However, Excel will only
find this character if I tell it to find in the "values". The replace only
allows me to search on "formulas" and therefore doesn't find the characters
to be replaced...

Also, I have discovered that if I do get it to find some text it then
complains about the formula being too long...

Anyone know a solution to these problems?

Thanks!

Ian
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
find text in cell and replace it with part of the text in that ce. jules Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 3 May 3rd 07 10:18 AM
Find & Replace in Text Box Ed Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 10 March 28th 07 03:03 AM
find latest date in a row, when dates have apostrophes in it brakbek Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 3 January 19th 07 09:14 PM
Find & Replace text format jmn13 Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 2 May 25th 06 06:18 PM
Find/Replace Text In Cells Rob Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 1 April 11th 05 04:01 AM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 07:38 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2025 ExcelBanter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Microsoft Excel"