Excel lacks the type of keystroke macro recording ability that would allow
this. In VBA, you need to use something like this, which will remove the
first character of a string in a cell:

ActiveCell.Value = Mid(ActiveCell.Value, 2, Len(ActiveCell.Value))

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP



"jenonstx" wrote in message
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trying to edit the contents of a cell, but the macro acts as if I am
typing
in whatever remains in the cell instead.