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Default Move last names to front

With James William Ravenswood in A1

=RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-FIND(" ",A1,FIND(" ",A1,1)+1)) & ", " & LEFT(A1,FIND("
",A1,FIND(" ",A1,1)+1))

will display
Ravenswood, James William

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Gary''s Student - gsnu200853


"John" wrote:

I have a large sheet of rows of names and addresses that lists names in the
order:
firstname middlename lastname
What is a quick way to change all entries in the names column to
lastname, firstname middlename
so I can sort the list by last name.

I appreciate your help, -John