{"id":9650,"date":"2022-05-13T15:15:48","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T15:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/?p=9650"},"modified":"2024-03-28T13:26:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T13:26:44","slug":"remove-excess-tab-symbols-from-an-excel-spreadsheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/examples\/remove-excess-tab-symbols-from-an-excel-spreadsheet\/","title":{"rendered":"Remove Excess Tab Symbols from an Excel Spreadsheet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
It is easy to import data into Excel from other sources such as MS Access, Oracle, or MySQL databases. However, many times the imported data is poorly formatted and difficult to work in Excel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One cause of the poorly formatted data is the Tab symbols that display excessive unwanted spaces in the dataset. Sometimes these Tab symbols are invisible and other times they may be displayed as little squares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how the following 4 easy methods can be used to remove excess Tab symbols from an Excel spreadsheet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We will use the following dataset that has invisible Tab spaces in Column B to show how these methods can be applied:<\/p>\n\n\n\n