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Remove Trailing Space (no luck with =TRIM, =VALUE, =SUBSTITUTE, and VBA code...)

Tags: excel, trailing, remove, spaces, trim

Hello,
I have a column of data with a trailing whitespace; -- it's not a "normal" space, as I've tried many ways to remove the trailing space.  =TRIM does not work-- no luck with =value, or =substitute commands either.

I've even tried this VBA code with I found online at EE:

Sub remove_trailing()
For Each cel In Selection
    cel.Value = Application.Substitute(cel.Value, Chr(160), " ")
Next cel
End Sub

But his code just hangs my machine up and I'm forced to re-boot.  I'm running excel 2003 on XP Home.

Any other suggestions please on how I can remove this stubborn trailing whitespace?  
Thanks,
CJ
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Question Asked By: cjb123
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