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.
How do I remove all but the first 3 characters in a cell in Excel 2010? I have a column of data that I need to delete everything, which can be 6 more characters up to 30 more characters, except the first 3 characters.None of the characters are identical so Find & Replace won't work.ow do I remove all but the first 3 characters in a cell in Excel 2010? I have a column of data that I need to delete everything, which can be 6 more characters up to 30 more characters, except the first 3 characters.