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Trying to delete info in a cell

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E2K3Tek - 11 Sep 2006 19:31 GMT
I have 1 column of information with over a thousand rows of info. I want to
just delete some info in the cell and keep the rest. Anyone have any idea how
to do this? Here's an example of my info:

AABERG         0.000 83.839  38738
AADLAND        0.000 87.245  58868
AAGAARD        0.000 85.690  48524

I want to delete all the numbers. Ay help woud be greatly appreciated.
CLR - 11 Sep 2006 19:53 GMT
ASAP Utilities, a free Add-in available at www.asap-utilities.com has a built
in feature that will strip out all numerical characters from a string.

hth
Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3

> I have 1 column of information with over a thousand rows of info. I want to
> just delete some info in the cell and keep the rest. Anyone have any idea how
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> I want to delete all the numbers. Ay help woud be greatly appreciated.
bigwheel - 11 Sep 2006 19:55 GMT
Try Data>Text to Columns then delete the columns you don't need.

> I have 1 column of information with over a thousand rows of info. I want to
> just delete some info in the cell and keep the rest. Anyone have any idea how
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> I want to delete all the numbers. Ay help woud be greatly appreciated.
Chris_T - 11 Sep 2006 20:19 GMT
That last suggestion was right on the money! Thanks!!

> Try Data>Text to Columns then delete the columns you don't need.
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> > I want to delete all the numbers. Ay help woud be greatly appreciated.
marrie - 11 Sep 2006 20:22 GMT
Hello. I am new at excel to but try hitting f2 to edit the cell and do the
standard select functions and delete functions. hit enter and you are done.
I hope that is accurate.
>I have 1 column of information with over a thousand rows of info. I want to
> just delete some info in the cell and keep the rest. Anyone have any idea
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> I want to delete all the numbers. Ay help woud be greatly appreciated.
Gord Dibben - 11 Sep 2006 21:09 GMT
Select the column and Data>Text to Columns>Delimited by>Space>Next.

Select the columns to Skip, which would be all but the letters, and Finish.

Gord Dibben  MS Excel MVP

>I have 1 column of information with over a thousand rows of info. I want to
>just delete some info in the cell and keep the rest. Anyone have any idea how
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>I want to delete all the numbers. Ay help woud be greatly appreciated.
 
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