Export Data into Excel Spreadsheet - hard line break symbols!

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Hi all,
I've exported data out of an Access DB (table) into an Excel spreadsheet.
All went well, except for one column where there is a box with a ? mark in it
(which I've concluded represents a hard line break). How can I delete this
(box and ?) in my excel spreadsheet - and, if I can delete it, will it wipe
out the hard line breaks (i am assuming it will).

Thank you!
Cheryl
 
ACCESS uses the combined "carriage return" (Chr(13)) and "line feed"
(Chr(10)) characters for a line break. EXCEL uses just Chr(10). So, the way
to "fix" the data during the export is to use a calculated field for that
field, and use an expression with Replace function to replace Chr(13)
characters with "" character.

ThatField: Replace([OriginalField], Chr(13), "", 1, -1, 1)
 
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