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How do you remove dashes from a spreadsheet in Excel?

How do you remove dashes from a spreadsheet in Excel?

Below are the steps to use find and replace to remove dashes in Excel: Select the dataset from which you want to remove the dashes Hold the Control key and then press the H key. This will open the Find and Replace dialog box.

How to change an image based on a cell value?

by Excel Off The Grid From stock parts to holiday villas, from employees to logos, there are plenty of reasons to insert and automatically change an image based on a cell. You may think of this as a lookup function that returns a picture, rather than a value.

How to change the name of an image in Excel?

Select the pasted image. Change the address in the formula bar to be equal to the named range we created earlier (CountryLookup in our example). Change the name of the country in cell D2 and watch the image change. For completeness, change cell D2 into a data validation drop-down list containing all the countries.

How to add a picture to a cell?

Select any cell which contains a flag. Click Home -> Copy (or Ctrl + C) to copy the cell. Select a different cell (use E2 if working with the example file). Click Home -> Paste (drop-down) -> Linked Picture (alternatively, the Camera Tool is an option).

How to replace blank cells with a dash in Excel?

Excel Facts 1 Highlight your range 2 Click on Edit, GoTo 3 Click on Special 4 Click on Blanks. This will highlight all the blank cells in your selected range. 5 Click Ctrl&H to bring up the Find and Replace dialog box 6 Under Find What, leave this blank. Under Replace with add a dash and click Replace All.

Is there a way to remove a dash in Excel?

The easiest way to remove dashes in Excel is to use the Find and Replace feature. As the name suggests, you can find all the cells that have a dash (or hyphen) in it and then replace it with a space character or a null string. Let’s see how to do this.

Can you put a dash in a balnk cell?

All your balnk cells should now have a Dash. Aladin’s comments should be noted, but as requested, this will put a hyphen in any blank cell in your used range. You must log in or register to reply here.

How to change a cell to a text?

Was also wondering how you can change a cell with a given number to a given text (i.e. all cells with the number ‘1’ converted to ‘YES’, all cells with the number ‘2’ converted to ‘NO’, etc…) Thanks for any advice!! Does the VLOOKUP table have to be sorted? No! when you are using an exact match, the VLOOKUP table can be in any order.

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