Use of multiple-character delimiters under Text To Columns

Hey everyone,

I have data in the form of several rows, each of which has several words separated by ": " (colon + space)

I would like each word separated in its own column, and have therefore used the Text To Columns command (under Data|Data Tools). But apparently you can only define one character as the delimiter, and if I define it to be just the colon, then I have a space at the beginning of each word. I know I can probably do a few extra steps to ge rid of that leading space, but my question is: can one define more than one character as a delimiter, under the Text To Columns command?

Anticipated thanks for any help!

Originally Posted by JBeaucaire

You can also check the [x] Space option on the delimiter page, then check the option [x] Treat consecutive delimiters as one.

THanks, that worked!