Removing Leading Spaces

jlbecker67

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I have some cells that have a leading space in them and I want to remove the space. How do I accomplish this without searching all the cells?
Thanks,

Jerry
 

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On 2002-03-28 14:49, jlbecker67 wrote:
I have some cells that have a leading space in them and I want to remove the space. How do I accomplish this without searching all the cells?
Thanks,

Jerry
 
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On 2002-03-28 15:06, Bob Umlas wrote:
Edit/Replace; replace " " (without quotes) with "" (without quotes)
Bob Umlas
Excel MVP

On 2002-03-28 14:49, jlbecker67 wrote:
I have some cells that have a leading space in them and I want to remove the space. How do I accomplish this without searching all the cells?
Thanks,

Jerry

...But be careful... because this will change " junk mail" into "junkmail".
This message was edited by Mark W. on 2002-03-28 15:11
This message was edited by Mark W. on 2002-03-28 15:12
 
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Hi

Text to Columns is probably the best solution. But the the TRIM function is good for this also, eg

=TRIM(A1)
 
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