formatting between "(xyzxyz)" in one cell

[Kerry Newman]

All,
I want to format parts of cells in a list like this:
Each name is in one cell, one row each
[TABLE="width: 294"]
<colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]AR:Central IL (Johns, Andrew)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]AR:MS South (Luther, Susan)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]AR:Chicago, IL (Martinez, Ben)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]AR:Memphis, TN (Glaser, Albert)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]AR:NE/IA (McGrath, Jason)

I want to make the characters between the ( ) turn white, including the ( ).

For example, AR:Central IL (Johns, Andrew) would still have the full text in the cell (to be used in other formulas) but the cell only shows AR:Central IL
The (Johns, Andrew) part of the text would just be white font, not visible.

How can I do this with out formatting each cell individually? The list is several hundreds of lines long.
Thanks
[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

 

[Fluff]

You can only do that manually or with VBA. And only if they are hard values, rather than formulae.
Are they hard values & are you happy with VBA?

 

[Kerry Newman]

You can only do that manually or with VBA. And only if they are hard values, rather than formulae.
Are they hard values & are you happy with VBA?

Thanks Fluff, and they are hard values but the list is several hundred rows deep so changing them manually is too time consuming vs. the reward so VBA is probably the best route to go. Thanks!

 

[Fluff]

Ok, how about

Sub KerryNewman()
   Dim Cl As Range
   Dim Strt As Long
   
   For Each Cl In Range("A2", Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp))
      Strt = InStr(1, Cl, "(")
      If Strt > 0 Then Cl.Characters(Strt, Len(Cl)).Font.Color = vbWhite
   Next Cl
End Sub

 

[Kerry Newman]

Ok, how about

Sub KerryNewman()
   Dim Cl As Range
   Dim Strt As Long
   
   For Each Cl In Range("A2", Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp))
      Strt = InStr(1, Cl, "(")
      If Strt > 0 Then Cl.Characters(Strt, Len(Cl)).Font.Color = vbWhite
   Next Cl
End Sub

Perfect, Thanks Fluff!

 

[Fluff]

You're welcome & thanks for the feedback