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I have a spreadsheet with a column of numbers formatted as follows

1111-111-111

I need to omit the - in both places so that I end up with just the digits
formatted as numbers. Any suggestions???
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Ctrl-H

Replace - with nothing

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I have a spreadsheet with a column of numbers formatted as follows

1111-111-111

I need to omit the - in both places so that I end up with just the digits
formatted as numbers. Any suggestions???



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Man...that was so easy, I really should have thought about it myself. Thanks
much - you saved me a lot of trouble.

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Ctrl-H

Replace - with nothing

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HTH

Bob

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I have a spreadsheet with a column of numbers formatted as follows

1111-111-111

I need to omit the - in both places so that I end up with just the digits
formatted as numbers. Any suggestions???




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