Replace Line Feed

[nsv]

If you format a cell to wrap text, you can artificially put in a Line
Feed with ALT+ENTER. I you format back to unwrap, the Line Feed command
is shown as a square.

I have a spread sheet with a lot of Line Feeds, and I want them
replaced with semicolons, but they are quite elusive and I cannot eg.
put them into the search and replace function.

Anyone has a hint?


NSV

 

[Guest]

Here is a neat trick:

Use Find/Replace, but in the FindWhat field, hold down the ALT key type 010
and then release the ALT key. Enter your normal character in the Replace
field.

You can use this trick to replace a variety of non-type-able characters.

 

[Guest]

If you prefer a formula method, as opposed to the cool method Gary describes,
you can use this formula. The example assumes the value containing the line
feeds is in cell A1

=SUBSTITUTE(A1,CHAR(10),";")

 

[Dave Peterson]

Even neater...

Use ctrl-j instead of alt-0010 (easier to describe and easier to do!)

 

[Chip Pearson]

Use ctrl-j instead of alt-0010

I never knew that . Pretty cool.


--
Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com

 

[Dave Peterson]

I like that, too. Much easier to explain over the phone.

 

[nsv]

Thanks - I'm quite familiar with the ALT + nnnn for writing ±, ², ³,
etc., but the 010 code was new to me. I looked in the character map for
a LF code, and didn't find anything. And also the CTRL + j was quite
cool. Where did you find those codes?

 

[Dave Peterson]

Chip Pearson has a very nice addin that will help determine what that
character(s) is:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/CellView.htm

You could also look at Windows CharMap.exe
windows start button|run|charmap and hit enter

Or
windows start button|program files|accessories|...

The ctrl-j is a hold over from before windows--the old DOS and DOS programs used
those kinds of keys.