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amoorman Remove specific text from... 02-09-2009, 07:00 AM
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    Remove specific text from only certain cells

    I am exporting lots of data from a website and for some reason to do with html i am getting   in a few cells in my description column (column C), i think that means "& " in html. this occurs in some cells but not others when i paste it into Excel. I would like to remove these characters.

    I know I can do it with crtl H and the replace field blank but I would like a formula so in the future the user will simply have to paste information and then get converted information out (as they will struggle to use excel).

    I think i need to use a combination of IF, FIND, REPLACE, LEN but i am struggling.

    In a follow up problem some cells contain &amp which i believe is &, i would also like to convert this &amp back to &.

    Many Thanks for any help

    Ashley
    Last edited by amoorman; 02-09-2009 at 09:13 AM.

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