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MS Office Forum / Excel / Setup / February 2007Limit 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! 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 B>paste special(in place)>values>ok>esc. Delete column A Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP >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 [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Thanks! |
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