Clean Trim #Word

CleanTrim.bas

Function CleanTrim(ByVal S As String, Optional ConvertNonBreakingSpace As Boolean = True) As String
'https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-questions/923725-vba-remove-all-non-printable-special-characters-well-trim.html
  Dim X As Long, CodesToClean As Variant
  CodesToClean = Array(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, _
                       21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 127, 129, 141, 143, 144, 157)
  If ConvertNonBreakingSpace Then S = Replace(S, Chr(160), " ")
  For X = LBound(CodesToClean) To UBound(CodesToClean)
    If InStr(S, Chr(CodesToClean(X))) Then S = Replace(S, Chr(CodesToClean(X)), "")
  Next
  CleanTrim = S
End Function