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  1. 10-18-2022, 12:20 AM #1
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    Cool How to remove special characters in filenames when saving?

    Hi all, I would like to delete any special characters of a filename before saving, however, it seems I have missed something.....
    Can anyone please help?






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    Cool Re: How to remove special characters in filenames when saving?

    Just need a simple code to delete all special characters in the filenames before saving.

    Any other suggestions also welcome.

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    Re: How to remove special characters in filenames when saving?

    Attached the code in txt format Thanks
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    Re: How to remove special characters in filenames when saving?

    I think I missed a save function.

    Thanks Alan, you already made 20,000 posts!!
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    Re: How to remove special characters in filenames when saving?

    Fast answers need visual help. Please read the yellow banner at the top of this page on how to attach a file.
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    Re: How to remove special characters in filenames when saving?

    Hi, jindon, thank you so much for the code!

    I want to make it as part of a process before Activeworkbook.SaveAs I tried to paste the function but it does not work.

    Will something like the attached work?

    ThanksReplace special characters before save.txt
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    Re: How to remove special characters in filenames when saving?

    Function should remain intact.
    then call it like
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    Re: How to remove special characters in filenames when saving?

    Thank you very much. How will you make an independent macro to loop all files in a folder, remove all special characters in the filenames?

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