Thank you for your solution. I forgot to mention that some cells have something in the first few characters but not the rest so your solution sometimes results in a #VALUE error. But if the data had been complete your solution would have worked for me. Thanks for your help. Nadine
________________________________ From: Srinivasulu Reddy Yarasi <seenuyar...@gmail.com> To: excel-macros@googlegroups.com Sent: Mon, June 28, 2010 7:37:48 PM Subject: Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Re: Trim first 8 characters off a cell Hi Nadine, Attached solution excel sheet regards Srini On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Nadine S <n8dine4ma...@yahoo.com> wrote: Haven't seen this come through yet so I'm sending this again. > > > > ________________________________ From: Nadine S <n8dine4ma...@yahoo.com> >To: excel-macros@googlegroups.com >Sent: Mon, June 28, 2010 9:55:14 AM >Subject: Trim first 8 characters off a cell > > >I have a cell that I'd like to write a formula that returns all but the first >8 characters. The cell's data can be any length. Thanks. >Nadine > >-- >---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Some important links for excel users: >1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : >http://twitter.com/exceldailytip >2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 >3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com/ >4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com/ >5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com/ > >To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com > ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> >HELP US GROW !! > >We reach over 7000 subscribers worldwide and receive many nice notes about the >learning and support from the group.Let friends and co-workers know they can >subscribe to group at http://groups.google.com/group/excel-macros/subscribe > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some important links for excel users: 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : http://twitter.com/exceldailytip 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> HELP US GROW !! We reach over 7000 subscribers worldwide and receive many nice notes about the learning and support from the group.Let friends and co-workers know they can subscribe to group at http://groups.google.com/group/excel-macros/subscribe -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some important links for excel users: 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : http://twitter.com/exceldailytip 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> HELP US GROW !! We reach over 7000 subscribers worldwide and receive many nice notes about the learning and support from the group.Let friends and co-workers know they can subscribe to group at http://groups.google.com/group/excel-macros/subscribe