Trim Text after 3rd Underscore but retain format

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I am hoping you excel geniuses can help me with a formula that will look for the 3rd underscore in a string and truncate all the text after the the 3rd underscore. I need to retain the format before the 3rd underscore though. Note: I may not have the same amount of underscores in each cell, so if there's not enough "underscore", it should return "Text/Logo".

<TABLE style="WIDTH: 220pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=293><COLGROUP><COL style="WIDTH: 220pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 8334" width=293><TBODY><TR style="HEIGHT: 16.5pt" height=22><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 220pt; HEIGHT: 16.5pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8" class=xl385 height=22 width=293>Example:
Intel_CI_City_VisitCI_300x250_Flash.swf
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Output Result:
<TABLE style="WIDTH: 220pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=293><COLGROUP><COL style="WIDTH: 220pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 8334" width=293><TBODY><TR style="HEIGHT: 16.5pt" height=22><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 220pt; HEIGHT: 16.5pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8" class=xl385 height=22 width=293>Intel_CI_City_VisitCI

<TABLE style="WIDTH: 220pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=293><COLGROUP><COL style="WIDTH: 220pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 8334" width=293><TBODY><TR style="HEIGHT: 16.5pt" height=22><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 220pt; HEIGHT: 16.5pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8" class=xl385 height=22 width=293>Example 2:
1x1_AMD.gif
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Output Result:
<TABLE style="WIDTH: 220pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=293><COLGROUP><COL style="WIDTH: 220pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 8334" width=293><TBODY><TR style="HEIGHT: 16.5pt" height=22><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 220pt; HEIGHT: 16.5pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8" class=xl385 height=22 width=293>Text/Logo</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
I appreciate any help that anyone can give me. Thanks!
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I am hoping you excel geniuses can help me with a formula that will look for the 3rd underscore in a string and truncate all the text after the the 3rd underscore. I need to retain the format before the 3rd underscore though. Note: I may not have the same amount of underscores in each cell, so if there's not enough "underscore", it should return "Text/Logo".

<TABLE style="WIDTH: 220pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=293><COLGROUP><COL style="WIDTH: 220pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 8334" width=293><TBODY><TR style="HEIGHT: 16.5pt" height=22><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 220pt; HEIGHT: 16.5pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8" class=xl385 height=22 width=293>Example:
Intel_CI_City_VisitCI_300x250_Flash.swf

</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Output Result:
<TABLE style="WIDTH: 220pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=293><COLGROUP><COL style="WIDTH: 220pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 8334" width=293><TBODY><TR style="HEIGHT: 16.5pt" height=22><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 220pt; HEIGHT: 16.5pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8" class=xl385 height=22 width=293>Intel_CI_City_VisitCI

<TABLE style="WIDTH: 220pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=293><COLGROUP><COL style="WIDTH: 220pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 8334" width=293><TBODY><TR style="HEIGHT: 16.5pt" height=22><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 220pt; HEIGHT: 16.5pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8" class=xl385 height=22 width=293>Example 2:
1x1_AMD.gif

</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Output Result:
<TABLE style="WIDTH: 220pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=293><COLGROUP><COL style="WIDTH: 220pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 8334" width=293><TBODY><TR style="HEIGHT: 16.5pt" height=22><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 220pt; HEIGHT: 16.5pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8" class=xl385 height=22 width=293>Text/Logo</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
I appreciate any help that anyone can give me. Thanks!
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Your description does not match your example! You description says you want to "truncate all the text after the the 3rd underscore", however your example truncates the text after the 4th underscore. Assuming your example is wrong, this formula should do what you want...

=IF(LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"_",""))>=3,LEFT(A1,FIND(CHAR(1),SUBSTITUTE(A1,"_",CHAR(1),3))-1),"Text/Logo")

If in fact your example was correct and your description wasn't, then simply change both red 3's to 4's.
 
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OH MY......I apologize, I miscounted! I am so glad you understood what I was trying to do anyways. It's the 4th underscore that needed to be removed.

Thank you soooooo MUCH as this formula worked! GENIUS!
 
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