I do this kind of clean up all the time Linda as I'm constantly dealing with .csv and .txt files from various sources. Without Word, life would be a lot more complex. /g -----Original Message----- From: Linda F. Johnson [mailto:linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 11:16 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: .csv ... I ALWAYS tell them to copy it from Excel into Word and use Word's Convert Table to Text feature on it, then turn on Word's hidden characters and use Find/Replace to clean it up, then Convert Text back to Table and Copy it from Word back to Excel....most of them laugh at me when I tell them Word does this better than Excel...but Excel's Find/Replace really can't hold a candle to Word's (can't find tabs and other characters cuz it ain't meant to deal with text..it's a numbers cruncher)... ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************