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External Data formatting
I imported data from SQL for my customers and the phone number imported as
'6230000000 since it has a ' in from I can't format as a phone number or custom format. How can I delete just the ' . I have aprox 2000 cust phone & fax to change? Any help would be great!, Thanks |
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External Data formatting
If it's just a single column, you could:
Select the column Data|Text to columns|and click finish Then format the range the way you like. Deanna wrote: I imported data from SQL for my customers and the phone number imported as '6230000000 since it has a ' in from I can't format as a phone number or custom format. How can I delete just the ' . I have aprox 2000 cust phone & fax to change? Any help would be great!, Thanks -- Dave Peterson |
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"Deanna" wrote: I imported data from SQL for my customers and the phone number imported as '6230000000 since it has a ' in from I can't format as a phone number or custom format. How can I delete just the ' . I have aprox 2000 cust phone & fax to change? Any help would be great!, Thanks |
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