It is not unusual for Excel to be used for common data in a business environment. For instance, it may be used for weekly reports or something similar, where similar data is presented in the same format time after time.
A problem may arise, however, when the data is generated by someone else, but you are charged with formatting it for final presentation. If you find yourself in this situation, you may be doing the same formatting chores over and over again each week.
To solve this situation and apply formatting very quickly to your new (but unformatted) data, follow these steps:
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2019-09-13 01:30:46
I am in the process of automating the production of a members phone book from an internal database in our website. VizcayaPalmAire.com
I can select the desired data fields and export them in .csv format with headers. Good so far... My problem is the telephone numbers have been entered by many individuals with no forced "punctuation" format. I have
954-123-4567 (desired format)
954.123.4567
(954) 123-4567 and other variations Mostly these three.
I have seen a proposed solution with nested =substitute() commands to strip out punctuation and yield 9541234567 but it did not work for me.
Is there a better way to deal with hundreds of rows of data one or more columns at a time??
Thanks for your help.
2018-10-13 05:51:31
Susan
Hi
It would be great to have pics or diagrams e.g. when A and 1 meet for the idiots like me. But thanks so much for this. I've been aware of format painter but had difficulties and gave up. My biggest problem is job application forms - transcribing my cv info or even from an existing word or off for another job I've applied for. I have to cut and paste each item and it's sub categories and dates rec e.g. employment history with list of places dates rec in separate rows and cells - is there ANY way of getting around this? I would be SO grateful. Many thanks
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