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Formating cells
HI I have many cels which hold phone numbers like this: (987) 876-545 (987) 876-545 .... (987) 876-545 I want to eliminate the symbols "( )" and "-" There are more than 2000 rows so I dont want to do it by hand, any Sug? thks |
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Why dont you use a control find then replace the "("," )", "-"
"Kenny M." wrote: HI I have many cels which hold phone numbers like this: (987) 876-545 (987) 876-545 ... (987) 876-545 I want to eliminate the symbols "( )" and "-" There are more than 2000 rows so I dont want to do it by hand, any Sug? thks |
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Formating cells
in an adjacent cell input
=SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A2,"(",""),")","") copy down. Then copy this new column, EditPastespecialValue then delete column A -- HTH Bob Phillips "Kenny M." wrote in message ... HI I have many cels which hold phone numbers like this: (987) 876-545 (987) 876-545 ... (987) 876-545 I want to eliminate the symbols "( )" and "-" There are more than 2000 rows so I dont want to do it by hand, any Sug? thks |
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