formatting text

  1. X

    export in text and functionality

    Good afternoon I have an extract of data that i wish to filter/search etc, however the driver is the date which is in a text format. I have tried unsuccessfully to alter the format of the date but i always seem draw a blank. The data looks something like this '01/12/2010 13:45:08' Can...
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    Help A Sistah Out!!! - Formatting Cell --> Day of Week

    SHORT VERSION: I have a column for date of draft depending on date of load. I want to be able to have the DRAFT date automatically filed after entering the date LONG VERSION: So I started helping out at a fuel company and I was bragging about being good at excel. I didn't know nearly as much...
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    • formatting cell formatting text schedule weekdays
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    Format texts within a cell

    As far as I know, it's possible to format the text within a cell to the user's liking. For example, if in cell A1 there is the following text: 'My name is Sam' Then the user is free to set My to red, name to blue and bold, and Sam to underlined, etc. I have a workbook. On the same sheet...
  4. M

    funny squares in excel

    I have converted a data base to excel and in a lot of the text in the address column are small boxes. I guess these are from dashes or unknown characters in the text. Is there any way to get rid of them other than doing it manually. Quentin

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