Removing Spaces In Cell

[Ethanflux]

I have some information provided to me in cells and for some reason they provide names with like 9 or 10 spaces afterwards. How can I select that column and remove those spaces?

 

[shg]

Ctrl+H (Find and Replace) space with nothing

 

[Firefly2012]

If you have no spaces in the cells that you wish to keep (eg between fore and surname) then you could do a Find/Replace on the entire column:

1. Select column
2. Use Ctrl+h to open up Find/Replace dialog
3. In Find box type a space, leave Replace box blank
4. Under options, make sure "Match entire cell contents" is unchecked
5. Hit Replace All

An alternative formula approach might be in adjacent cells to use TRIM:

=TRIM(A1)

and copy down. You could then do a copy/pastespecial>values over your originals

Last alternative I will mention is to select the column, open up the VBE with Alt+F11 and open up the Immediate Window with Ctrl+g and then type (or copy) in the following and place all on one line and press Enter at the end of the line:

For Each c In Selection:c.Value = Application.Trim(c.Value):Next