Here is another UDF that you can consider. Note that the encoding letters (what you showed in Column B) are placed directly inside the function (space delimited in order by what they encode) so you do
not have to maintain a worksheet table. Note... if the text you are encoding has bad characters in it, the function returns a ? symbol, so you can test for that if you want to provide error checking.
Code:
Function Encode(ByVal S As String) As String
Dim X As Long, EncodedLetters() As String
On Error GoTo InvalidCharacter
EncodedLetters = Split("ka zu mi te ku lu ji ri ki zu")
Encode = Replace(StrConv(UCase(S), vbUnicode), Chr(0), " ")
For X = 1 To Len(Encode) Step 2
Mid(Encode, X, 2) = EncodedLetters(Asc(Mid(Encode, X, 1)) - 65)
Next
Exit Function
InvalidCharacter:
Encode = "?"
End Function
HOW TO INSTALL UDFs
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If you are new to UDFs, they are easy to install and use. To install it, simply press ALT+F11 to go into the VB editor and, once there, click Insert/Module on its menu bar, then copy/paste the above code into the code window that just opened up. That's it.... you are done. You can now use
Encode just like it was a built-in Excel function. For example,
=Encode(A1)
If you are using XL2007 or above, make sure you save your file as an "Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook (*.xlsm) and answer the "do you want to enable macros" question as "yes" or "OK" (depending on the button label for your version of Excel) the next time you open your workbook.
