Text to columns. Only the first column appears in the wizard.

C

Carpet

Hi
I have a column of cells, each populated with entries delimited by
semicolon. When I try to use text to columns, delimited by semicolon, only
the first entry in each column appears in step 2 of the wizard.

Instead of separating the column into multiple, the wizard is deleting all
but the first entry in the cell. How do I prevent this?

Note: This is not occurring due to selection of the 'Do not import column'
option. The data dissappears before reaching that step.

Thanks for any advice
 
C

Carpet

Hi Jacob
No - the second record never appears. I have discovered the cause. Text to
columns does not recognise entries that have been separated into rows in the
cell using ALT-ENTER.
Now my challenge is to find a way to automatically remove a high volume of
ALT-ENTER entries. Any ideas anyone?

Thanks
 
J

Jacob Skaria

If you want to replace it with a space use the below function

A1 = your text with alt+enter
=SUBSTITUTE(A1,CHAR(10)," ")

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