Excel Removing a set number of characters from a cell

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Lloyd writes: I attempted to use the F2/Edit function in the record macro mode. It would not work. It appears when you are in the F2 mode, record is turned off. Is this true?

What I need to do throughout a big worksheet was to edit the cell, move the cursor to the end of the cell and then delete the last 4 characters if the characters.

This macro should do it:


Sub RemoveLast4()
    For Each cell In ActiveSheet.Cells.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConstants)
        cell.Value = Left(cell.Value, Len(cell.Value) - 4)
    Next cell
End Sub

By Bill Jelen on 11-Nov-2001

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