I have a sheet with apostrophes before the data in each cell, apparently this marks the data as text? I would like to remove the apostrophes without editing each cell individually, the data that would be left behind would have the format H12345. I hjave tried lookup and replace, I have tried LEFT,A1,5 but when copied and pasted back as a value the apostrophe re-apperas.
View 9 RepliesEvery week, I receive a flat file with three columns in this format:
2008-11-03 15:26:53, 'jon@abc.com', 'MYSPACE'
2008-11-03 15:14:02, 'jenroy@abc.com', 'FACEBOOK'
I use "text to columns" in excel to separate this into three columns.
But I can't find a fast way to eliminate those single quotes that are around the email address and the last column.
If I manually remove the apostrophe, enter out of the cell, and select it again, the apostrophe is back.
View 12 Replies View RelatedI am importing a csv file and each field in this file is imported with an apostrophe
eg: '01
I need to remove the apostrophes but leave the information as text thereby keeping my leading 0's
have tried formatting as text
data text to columns
nothing I do works.
This question is about punctuation.
I know the following is a correct way to reference a question mark and a period....