albatross. 1  A metaphor for a dead weight or burden that one must carry, especially when the burden is not a literal one but a stigma of some kind that one cannot easily discard or throw off. The name comes from a story about a sailor who killed an albatross that was following his ship, an act thought to bring bad luck upon the ship.
Run the Remove Characters tool by clicking on its icon under the Ablebits Data tab in Excel. To remove characters select the range with the cells that contain values you want to delete. Expand the group Remove characters or substrings. You can select one of three radio buttons according to your task.
How to subtract three digit numbers (for example 658 - 472). 1  Place one number above the other so that the hundreds', tens' and ones' places are lined up. 2  Draw a line under the bottom number. 3  Subtract the digits in the ones' place column (8 - 2 = 6) and place the answer below the line in the ones' place column.