How to delete a ' from front of data
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From: FSt1 on 18 May 2010 12:23 hi if the data is text, i doubt there is a way to remove the single quote. excel put it that as part of it's way of justifing the data. a single quote(') means the data is left justified. a caret(^) means the data is center justified. a double quote(") means the data is right justified. these mark do not show in the cell when typed alone. you have to type them with one of the other Justification mark in order to get them to show in the cell. to illistrate, in the format dialog, change the cell's justifcation from left to centered in the cell. you will see that the single quote change to a caret. no way to remove with text. it's an excel thing. regards FSt1 "myasmana" wrote: > I have a spreadsheet that needs to be converted here at work. The problem is > that in a couple of columns such as 'South Dakota 'Illinois 'Nebraska > You do not see the (') until you are in the cell, is there a global way to > delete this? > There are way to many to try and fix manually. Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Barb > |