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Recent Forum PostsI already told you what to do, so if you need the first 7 characters a quick change to the formula would be:
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Sorry, I should wrote it more clear.
I meant to get the first 7 characters from file name then show them in header instead of subtract them from...
As I know this can be done only by macro, not with formulas.
Supposing that your formula is in cell A1 in your macro, for the center of the header,...
Just anther thought.
What if I need to insert the first 7 characters of file name to header?
My understanding is the formula won't work in...
Yep, it works supposedly. And it'd be great if the formula can be shorten.
I only have very basic skill in excel formula....

