one way
Sub test()
Dim mystring As String, newstring As String
mystring = "995451/U"
newstring = Replace(mystring, "/", "-", 1)
MsgBox newstring
End Sub

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Gary


"KS" wrote in message
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Hello all.

I have a macro in which I save the document creating the filename based
on selected text in the document. However in some cases, the selected
text looks like "995451/U." Obviously I cannot save using this name. I
would like to convert this to "995451-U" for saving purposes only but
NOT in the document. How can I do this?

Thanks,

KS