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"Replace All" Cancels Formatting
I have formatted a column to text. Currently in the column is a list copy
and pasted from MAS 500. Contents of each cell look something like this: SO-0000001016. With the column formatted as text, I did Edit/Replace, replacing SO- with nothing, intending to remove simply the SO- and leave the six zeros. However, it wipes out the six zeros, as well, leaving simply 1016. If I manually remove SO- on every number, the six zeros remain. What gives? |
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"Replace All" Cancels Formatting
What you are describing shouldn't happen in Word. If, by any chance, you are
performing a Find & Replace within an embedded Excel spreadsheet, cell formatting could be the cause. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Connie Martin" wrote in message ... I have formatted a column to text. Currently in the column is a list copy and pasted from MAS 500. Contents of each cell look something like this: SO-0000001016. With the column formatted as text, I did Edit/Replace, replacing SO- with nothing, intending to remove simply the SO- and leave the six zeros. However, it wipes out the six zeros, as well, leaving simply 1016. If I manually remove SO- on every number, the six zeros remain. What gives? |
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"Replace All" Cancels Formatting
My apologies! I posted in the wrong group. Yes, this is Excel. I will post
there. "Stefan Blom" wrote: What you are describing shouldn't happen in Word. If, by any chance, you are performing a Find & Replace within an embedded Excel spreadsheet, cell formatting could be the cause. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Connie Martin" wrote in message ... I have formatted a column to text. Currently in the column is a list copy and pasted from MAS 500. Contents of each cell look something like this: SO-0000001016. With the column formatted as text, I did Edit/Replace, replacing SO- with nothing, intending to remove simply the SO- and leave the six zeros. However, it wipes out the six zeros, as well, leaving simply 1016. If I manually remove SO- on every number, the six zeros remain. What gives? . |
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Well, that certainly explains why the zeros disapperad. :-)
Thank you for the feedback. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Connie Martin" wrote: My apologies! I posted in the wrong group. Yes, this is Excel. I will post there. "Stefan Blom" wrote: What you are describing shouldn't happen in Word. If, by any chance, you are performing a Find & Replace within an embedded Excel spreadsheet, cell formatting could be the cause. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Connie Martin" wrote in message ... I have formatted a column to text. Currently in the column is a list copy and pasted from MAS 500. Contents of each cell look something like this: SO-0000001016. With the column formatted as text, I did Edit/Replace, replacing SO- with nothing, intending to remove simply the SO- and leave the six zeros. However, it wipes out the six zeros, as well, leaving simply 1016. If I manually remove SO- on every number, the six zeros remain. What gives? . |
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