savbci, =LEFT(B1,1)
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Paul B
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Using Excel 2002 & 2003

"savbci" wrote in message
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Is there a formula (or macros) that grabs the first character of a string
of
text??

For example I have the following columns: Column A (Last name) Smith,
Column
B (First name) Heather. In column C i want the first Character of Column B
so
in this case it would be H.

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance