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Old 08-21-08, 20:55
Databaseman Databaseman is offline
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Question text-to-column fixed width
I have data as per below

*** ABC
** DEF
* GHI


HOw can i use text to columns to split this so i have ABC in one column DEF in another column and GHI in another column
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Old 08-23-08, 11:57
weejas weejas is offline
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What do the asterisks represent?
If the required element of the data is always the last three characters, use
Code:
RIGHT(Cell, 3)
in the destination column.
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