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How do you find and replace unwanted symbols in text cells?
i AM IMPORTING EXCEL DATA TO ACCESS. ONE PARTICULAR SPREADSHEET HAS INVERTED
? SYMBOL (UNICODE HEX 00BF) IN A TEXT CELL. ACCESS WILL NOT IMPORT. I NEED TO ELIMINATE THE SYMBOL AND REPLACE IT WITH A DASH. I'VE ATTEMPTED USING THE FIND AND REPLACE FEATURE BUT HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL. MANUAL EDIT IS NOT POSSIBLE SINCE IT IS A VERY LARGE FILE. ANY SUGGESTIONS? THANKS. |
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How do you find and replace unwanted symbols in text cells?
This worked for me...
=SUBSTITUTE(A1, "¿", "-") -- HTH... Jim Thomlinson "cw2r44" wrote: i AM IMPORTING EXCEL DATA TO ACCESS. ONE PARTICULAR SPREADSHEET HAS INVERTED ? SYMBOL (UNICODE HEX 00BF) IN A TEXT CELL. ACCESS WILL NOT IMPORT. I NEED TO ELIMINATE THE SYMBOL AND REPLACE IT WITH A DASH. I'VE ATTEMPTED USING THE FIND AND REPLACE FEATURE BUT HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL. MANUAL EDIT IS NOT POSSIBLE SINCE IT IS A VERY LARGE FILE. ANY SUGGESTIONS? THANKS. |
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How do you find and replace unwanted symbols in text cells?
Do the regular find/replace
on the find, put your cursor in the box and hold down the ALT key and punch in the numpad (with numlock on) 1 6 8 and release ALT key, that will enter the upside down question mark ¿ in the find field. HTH -Kevin "cw2r44" wrote: i AM IMPORTING EXCEL DATA TO ACCESS. ONE PARTICULAR SPREADSHEET HAS INVERTED ? SYMBOL (UNICODE HEX 00BF) IN A TEXT CELL. ACCESS WILL NOT IMPORT. I NEED TO ELIMINATE THE SYMBOL AND REPLACE IT WITH A DASH. I'VE ATTEMPTED USING THE FIND AND REPLACE FEATURE BUT HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL. MANUAL EDIT IS NOT POSSIBLE SINCE IT IS A VERY LARGE FILE. ANY SUGGESTIONS? THANKS. |
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