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.
You can easily disable the options list by following these steps: 1  Click the File tab and choose Options in the left pane. 2  In Excel 2007, click the Office button and then click Excel Options. 3  In Excel 2003, choose Options from the Tools menu, click the Edit tab, and skip to step 3. 4  Choose Advanced in the left pane.ou can easily disable the options list by following these steps: 1  Click the File tab and choose Options in the left pane. 2  Choose Advanced in the left pane. 3  In the Cut, Copy, and Paste section, uncheck Show Paste Options Button When Content Is Pasted in Excel 2007 (Figure D). 4  Click OK.