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.
To delete selected cells, click the arrow next to Delete, and then click Delete Cells. To delete selected rows, click the arrow next to Delete, and then click Delete Sheet Rows. To delete selected columns, click the arrow next to Delete, and then click Delete Sheet Columns.Tip 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.If you are deleting a cell or a range of cells, in the Delete dialog box, click Shift cells left, Shift cells up, Entire row, or Entire column. If you are deleting rows or columns, other rows or columns automatically shift up or to the left.o delete selected cells, click the arrow next to Delete, and then click Delete Cells. To delete selected rows, click the arrow next to Delete, and then click Delete Sheet Rows. To delete selected columns, click the arrow next to Delete, and then click Delete Sheet Columns.