There are some changes that can be helped. Try =trim() will return text and =--trim() will coerce things that look like numbers to numbers. But there are other "white space characters" that aren't really spaces: =--trim(substitute(a1,char(160),"")) / =char(160) is that HTML non-breaking space.
But instead of using formulas, maybe you could:
Code:
select the range to fix
edit|replace:
what: (space character)
with: (leave blank)
replace all
Code:
and to fix the HTML non-breaking character:
select the range to fix
edit|replace:
what: alt-0160
with: (leave blank)
replace all
Hit and hold the alt key while you type 0160 on the numeric key pad.
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