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    Total Noob needs help - I think with formatting.

    Hi everyone. I have browsed through the posts, but I can't seem to find what I'm looking for. I'm new to Excel, sort of. I've done basic data entry before, but now I have a new problem that I can't seem to solve on my own. I have a column with information - the same information is in each row, only it's different information. That even sounded complicated to me. For example, I have the name, address and phone number in row one. In row two, I have a different name, address and telephone number. Again, in row three, it's yet a different name, address and phone number. But all of this is is the same column - column A. My question is this: Is there a way to separate the addresses and phone numbers, and put them in different columns? So for instance, my outcome would be: Row 1, column 1; Name. Row 1, column 2; address. Row 1, column 3; phone. And then repeat that with each row. Let me try a picture because this is even hard for myself to comprehend, even though I have a clear picture of it in my head.

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    : What I'm looking to do:
    Company ABC Company ABC 123 Snail Rd. Alphabet, NY 12345 (555) 555-5555
    123 Snail Rd.
    Alphabet, NY 12345
    (555) 555-5555

    I hope that makes better sense. I don't know if there's a term for it or if I have to do each one individually, but any relevant help would be wonderful. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this.

    Michele

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    Re: Total Noob needs help - I think with formatting.

    Look at using the Text to Columns functionality in Excel. On the Ribbon, I believe it on the Data Tab and on the section Data Tools.
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    Re: Total Noob needs help - I think with formatting.

    Alansidman - Thank you so much!! That worked. Now I just have to figure out where the street numbers went. They disappeared when I did the transition. But that worked!! Thank you - you're a lifesaver!

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    Re: Total Noob needs help - I think with formatting.

    Check your column widths. You may have to expand them to see all data.

    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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