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.
Delete cells, rows, or columns. 1  Select the cells, rows, or columns that you want to delete. To cancel a selection of cells, click any cell on the worksheet. 2  On the Home tab, in the Cells group, click the arrow next to Delete, and then do one of the following: To delete selected cells, click Delete Cells. To delete selected rows, click Delete Sheet Rows. To delete selected columns, click Delete Sheet Columns. You can right-click a selection of cells, click Delete, and then click the option that you want. You can also right-click a selection of rows or columns and then click Delete.