Data Manipulation - Excel 2000

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I’m currently preparing a document in Word 2000 for a mail merge and have
today been given the data prepared by another office and have come across the
following.

1) On the spreadsheet there are columns headed “Address1â€, “Address2â€,
“Address3â€, etc. However, under Address1, the cell contains the first line
of the address and then a comma and then the second line of the address, as
follows:

1 Park Avenue, Raven Park

I would like it to read:

1 Park Avenue
Raven Park

ALSO

2) There is a Main Contact cell. The current information is set out as: Mr A
Bloggs (Managing Director). I would like the name in one cell and the title
of that person in another cell and without the brackets, so it reads:

Mr A Bloogs
Managing Director

As there are over 1,400 names and addresses is there a quick way to overcome
these problems or do I have to go through every individual cell and correct
manually?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Sandra
 
Hi


sandralong2 via OfficeKB.com said:
I’m currently preparing a document in Word 2000 for a mail merge and have
today been given the data prepared by another office and have come across
the
following.

1) On the spreadsheet there are columns headed “Address1”, “Address2”,
“Address3”, etc. However, under Address1, the cell contains the first
line
of the address and then a comma and then the second line of the address,
as
follows:

1 Park Avenue, Raven Park

I would like it to read:

1 Park Avenue
Raven Park

As you posted into Excel NG, I hope the table you have is an Excel one.
Add a new column next to Address1
Select all entries in Address1, and then from menu Data > TextToColumns. Set
comma as delimiter and proceed - the address will be splitted as you wanted.
(And don't forget to add column heading for new column)

ALSO

2) There is a Main Contact cell. The current information is set out as:
Mr A
Bloggs (Managing Director). I would like the name in one cell and the
title
of that person in another cell and without the brackets, so it reads:

Mr A Bloogs
Managing Director

Like previous, but determine "(" as delimiter. And after column is splitted,
select all data in new column, and replace all ")" with "" (Edit > Replace ,
determine strings and ReplaceAll)
 
Yes, the table is Excel. Thank you so much for your answer.

Sandra

Arvi said:
Hi
I’m currently preparing a document in Word 2000 for a mail merge and have
today been given the data prepared by another office and have come across
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
1 Park Avenue
Raven Park

As you posted into Excel NG, I hope the table you have is an Excel one.
Add a new column next to Address1
Select all entries in Address1, and then from menu Data > TextToColumns. Set
comma as delimiter and proceed - the address will be splitted as you wanted.
(And don't forget to add column heading for new column)
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
Mr A Bloogs
Managing Director

Like previous, but determine "(" as delimiter. And after column is splitted,
select all data in new column, and replace all ")" with "" (Edit > Replace ,
determine strings and ReplaceAll)
 

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