Please help with unusual request?

A

AWA

I just need to seperate data in an exisiting column microsoft excel. For
example, I have too much data in a particular column, I do not need all of
that data - just (the first) part of the data. If only I could draw a
vertical line and "poof" a new column would be there with only the data I
need...
 
N

Norman Jones

Hi AWA,

Select the data
Data | Text to Columns | Fixed width | Next |
Click where you want the column break | Next
For unwanted data, check the 'Do not import column' option
Poof!
 
P

pinmaster

Assuming your data is seperated by spaces, you can try this in a blan
column:

=IF(ISERROR(LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)),IF(A1="","",A1),LEFT(A1,FIND(
",A1)-1))
copied down...once you have done that just copy and paste over you
existing data (Paste as Values).

NOTE! if your data is seperated by something other than "spaces" sa
"comas" then change FIND(" " to FIND("," in the formula.

HTH
J
 
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