how can i work on information copied off the web on a worksheet?

[jyu]

Copied and pasted bank statements online to a worksheet and can't get the sum
functions to work. Excel doesn't recognize the characters. It either sums
up 0 or gets an error.

 

[Dave Peterson]

Lots of times, when you copy|paste from a web site, you'll get those HTML
non-breaking spaces (char(160)).

You can clean them up with formulas, but if you have to do it lots of times (or
with lots of data), you may want to use a macro.

David McRitchie has a macro that can help clean this:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/join.htm#trimall
(look for "Sub Trimall()")

If you're new to macros:

Debra Dalgleish has some notes how to implement macros here:
http://www.contextures.com/xlvba01.html

David McRitchie has an intro to macros:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm

Ron de Bruin's intro to macros:
http://www.rondebruin.nl/code.htm

(General, Regular and Standard modules all describe the same thing.)