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Ken Wright
 
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Default Separate first and second name in one cell into separate cells.

Data / text to columns / Delimited / Tick 'space' as delimiter, and this
will put the data into 2 separate columns.

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Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel
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"MaloMan" wrote in message
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"Dwight in Georgia" wrote:

My list has the first and last names in the same cell. How can I
separate
these into two separate cells so I can sort by last name. Or is there a
way
to sort by the last name when the name in the cell is "firstname
lastname"?