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Default Trim function to remove blank spaces in Excel

Hi,

I have a worksheet and I would like to delete some blank spaces at the
beginning of text in a bunch of cells. I have tried the TRIM function but
cannot get it to work. Can anyone help? I can email an example of the
spreadhseet I am having problems with. Thanks!
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Default Trim function to remove blank spaces in Excel

Make sure they are genuine blanks and not some other invisible character like
CHAR(160)
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"Natty" wrote:

Hi,

I have a worksheet and I would like to delete some blank spaces at the
beginning of text in a bunch of cells. I have tried the TRIM function but
cannot get it to work. Can anyone help? I can email an example of the
spreadhseet I am having problems with. Thanks!
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Nat

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