Sorry (for my other reply), I see the OP wanted VB code; your macro could be
reduced to this...

Sub tickiller()
Columns("D").Value = Columns("D").Value
End Sub

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Rick (MVP - Excel)


"Gary''s Student" wrote in message
...
Sub tickiller()
Dim r As Range, rr As Range
Set r = Intersect(Range("D:D"), ActiveSheet.UsedRange)
For Each rr In r
If rr.PrefixCharacter = "'" Then
rr.Value = rr.Value
End If
Next
End Sub

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Gary''s Student - gsnu201001


"LiAD" wrote:

Hi,

i have 10523 lines with dates in col D, with dates written as '27/10:09
etc.
What code could i use to find all the ' and delete them?

Thanks