RE: breaking up a phone number

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Use Data > Text to Columns...

This will split the fields very nicely.
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"maximus73" wrote:

>
> I need to break up a phone number into three different columns. I have
> column A that contains the phone number xxx-xxx-xxxx, I need to split
> that up into three different columns. Column B would equal the area
> code... column C would equal the Prefix.. and column D would equal the
> digits..
>
> any suggestions on how to accomplish this?
>
> thanks
>
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