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Issue with formatting - need to convert LINE FEEDS into SEMI-COLON (or other character)

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    Issue with formatting - need to convert LINE FEEDS into SEMI-COLON (or other character)

    I have an issue where a vendor copied address entries into a field; however, where I saw line feeds in the original address format, the output became runon.
    For instance:
    400 George Street
    Brisbane, QLD 4000

    ...became...
    400 George StreetBrisbane, QLD 4000

    I have thousands of entries line that. If I can convert the line feeds into something like a character, I could then use DATA/TEXT TO COLUMNS to delimit the data accordingly.
    Many thanks in advance.

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    Re: Issue with formatting - need to convert LINE FEEDS into SEMI-COLON (or other character

    Are you sure that the LFs are gone? Is text wrapping on?? Can you post a small sample excel sheet?


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    Re: Issue with formatting - need to convert LINE FEEDS into SEMI-COLON (or other character

    Sorted Used Substitute function

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    Re: Issue with formatting - need to convert LINE FEEDS into SEMI-COLON (or other character

    If that takes care of your original question, please select Thread Tools from the menu link above and mark this thread as SOLVED. Thanks.
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