Final answer:
To trim text in Excel from the left, use the LEFT function to extract a specific number of characters from the beginning of the text or the combination of RIGHT and LEN functions to remove a certain number of characters from the left.
Step-by-step explanation:
To trim text in Excel from the left, you can use the LEFT function which is designed to extract a specified number of characters from the start (left side) of a cell's text. For example, to extract the first 10 characters from the text in cell A1, you would use the formula =LEFT(A1, 10). This formula would return the first 10 characters from the text in A1.
If you need to remove a specific number of characters from the left side, use the function =RIGHT(A1, LEN(A1) - number_of_characters_to_remove), which extracts text after removing the specified number of characters from the left.