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Feb 14, 2012

How can I delete characters unallowed in file names in cell text all in one go instead of below long macro. (i.e. can you minimize the below vba)

These characters that I wanna delete
"/", "", ":", "*", "?", "< ", ">", "|"

Code:
Range("A1").Select
Selection.Replace What:="""", Replacement:="", LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False, _

[Code].....

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