How to delete a ' from front of data

[myasmana]

I have a spreadsheet that needs to be converted here at work. The problem is
that in a couple of columns such as 'South Dakota 'Illinois 'Nebraska
You do not see the (') until you are in the cell, is there a global way to
delete this?
There are way to many to try and fix manually. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Barb

 

[Mike H]

Hi,

Try this macro

Sub Kill_Apostrophe()
Dim c As Range
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
For Each c In ActiveSheet.UsedRange
If c.HasFormula = False Then
c.Value = c.Text
End If
Next c
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
--
Mike

When competing hypotheses are otherwise equal, adopt the hypothesis that
introduces the fewest assumptions while still sufficiently answering the
question.

 

[myasmana]

I have a spreadsheet that needs to be converted here at work. The problem is
that in a couple of columns I have data with (') in front of each word such as : 'South Dakota 'Illinois 'Nebraska
You do not see the (') until you are in the cell, is there a global way to
delete this?
There are way to many to try and fix manually. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Barb

 

[myasmana]

Mike,

Thank you so very much, this worked!! Saved us lots of time.

Barb

 

[Mike H]

Glad I could help and thanks for the feedback
--
Mike

When competing hypotheses are otherwise equal, adopt the hypothesis that
introduces the fewest assumptions while still sufficiently answering the
question.

 

[FSt1]

hi
if the data is text, i doubt there is a way to remove the single quote.
excel put it that as part of it's way of justifing the data.
a single quote(') means the data is left justified.
a caret(^) means the data is center justified.
a double quote(") means the data is right justified.

these mark do not show in the cell when typed alone. you have to type them
with one of the other Justification mark in order to get them to show in the
cell.

to illistrate, in the format dialog, change the cell's justifcation from
left to centered in the cell. you will see that the single quote change to a
caret.

no way to remove with text. it's an excel thing.

regards
FSt1