Column Manipulation in Excel 2007

Question

I have some thousands of row of data in Excel(in single column) but because of some computing error it is showing the data as #NAME #NAME #NAME . . . . and so on

When i click any cell the data is shown as =-GNcVLtPu1QlJ07cMRe4zw

I need to delete "==-" sign to get the required data as GNcVLtPu1QlJ07cMRe4zw

Can any one suggest any method which can convert those thousands line of data into the correct format(doing it manually will kill most of my time)

Thanks

Answer 1

as Pankaj pointed:

1. select the entire column
2. hit CTRL+H
3. put "=-" in Find column and leave the Replace empty
4. Hit Replace All

Reference Snap:

That's all you need!