Finding and replacing characters in Excel
I have imported a large amount of data to an Excel spreadsheet from
another (not a Microsoft application). It came to Excel originally as a comma-separated file (*.csv). In each cell, which contains a number of paragraphs of text, at the end of each paragraph of text there are five equal signs following by a little hollow square (which pastes as a solid circle here).=====• • And in between each paragraph there is another square. Like this =====• • And this.=====• • And so on.=====• • 1. I want to get rid of these 2. When I try to do a search and replace a. I cannot copy and paste the square into the SEARCH AND REPLACE dialogue box; b. When I try to replace the five equal signs (=====), I get the error message "The formula is too long". Any ideas? Thanks. paddymichelle |
Finding and replacing characters in Excel
Just some suggestions
Have you tried replacing just one = by nothing If you have a csv file, you can open it in Word. Try the replce in Word; in the replace dialogue, click the More button and then the Special button: there are options for replace characters that cannot be typed from the keyboard. |
Finding and replacing characters in Excel
1. Make use of Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V for Copy-and-Paste operations in
SEARCH AND REPLACE dialogue box. 2. Formula too Long ; Are you getting long text strings in single cells ? Share each long text strings in 2 separate cells. It's quite simply philosophical that when a job is shared, it gets lighter and Quite Easily Done (QED). After that, Concatenate the text strings again. Remember?! : Analyse, Break-Down, Solve the Components and there, Integrate into A Wholesome Solution. Regards. |
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