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Jul 28, 2020
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Deleting a portion of a formula for entire column

Hi, I'm trying to figure out how to delete a portion of a formula for a column of a table. I know how to change the value of the cells by paste special, but is there a shortcut to delete parts of a ...
  • Olli Haavisto's avatar
    Jul 28, 2020

    Zmicrosoft 


    select cells containing those formulas
    replace = with some other character ( not number ) for excample "|"
    replace ~** with nothing ( empty )
    replace |( with =

     

    for excample first cell:

    original formula :
    =((25.995+0.9)*1.173)/1.173

    after first replace :
    |((25.995+0.9)*1.173)/1.173 ( no more formula, plain text )

    after second replace :
    |((25.995+0.9)

    after third replace :

    =(25.995+0.9) ( formula again )

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