Episode # 162 - Use TextToColumns to Parse

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Friday, January 06, 2006

Use the TextToColumns Wizard to eliminate the need for LEFT, MID, FIND. This technique works when your original data is delimited by a character such as a dash or comma. Episode 162 will show you how.

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