albatross. 1  A metaphor for a dead weight or burden that one must carry, especially when the burden is not a literal one but a stigma of some kind that one cannot easily discard or throw off. The name comes from a story about a sailor who killed an albatross that was following his ship, an act thought to bring bad luck upon the ship.
Run the Remove Characters tool by clicking on its icon under the Ablebits Data tab in Excel. To remove characters select the range with the cells that contain values you want to delete. Expand the group Remove characters or substrings. You can select one of three radio buttons according to your task.
Using Excel's Remove Duplicates Feature. 1  1. Open your original file. 2  2. Click the cell in the upper left-hand corner of your data group. 3  3. Hold down the key and click the final cell.  4. Click on the Data tab in the top section of the 1  screen. 5. Find the Data Tools section of the toolbar.  6. Click Remove 1  Duplicates.. 7. Click Select  All..