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Limit number of chacters in cell
I have an an excel sheet that has a list of 18,000 items. I need to import
them into a system that can only handle 30 characters per cell. I have several cells that are easily over 40 characters. Does anyone know how I can cut off the last characters? Say that it had 40 characters, I need to strip off the last 10. Thanks! |
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Limit number of chacters in cell
Assuming the 18000 items are in Column A
In Column B enter =LEFT(A1,30) Double-click the fill handle to copy down. When happy, copy column Bpaste special(in place)valuesokesc. Delete column A Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:17:38 -0800, plunk25 wrote: I have an an excel sheet that has a list of 18,000 items. I need to import them into a system that can only handle 30 characters per cell. I have several cells that are easily over 40 characters. Does anyone know how I can cut off the last characters? Say that it had 40 characters, I need to strip off the last 10. Thanks! |
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