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Hi,

Is it possible to split text or other type of data from one column into two?

Two examples:

A
Brown dog
Yellow bird
etc..

into:
A B
Brown dog
Yellow bird

Thanks in advance.

Marieke
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Hi,

Is it possible to split text or other type of data from one column into
two?

Two examples:

A
Brown dog
Yellow bird
etc..

into:
A B
Brown dog
Yellow bird

Thanks in advance.

Marieke


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--Select the range ColA
--From menu DataText to ColumnsDelimitedNextSelect Space and OK

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"mariekek5" wrote:

Hi,

Is it possible to split text or other type of data from one column into two?

Two examples:

A
Brown dog
Yellow bird
etc..

into:
A B
Brown dog
Yellow bird

Thanks in advance.

Marieke

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