On the face of it ..

Assuming cell A1 contains the text: ABCD
In B1: =LEFT(TRIM(A1),2) will return: AB
In C1: =LEFT(TRIM(A1),3) returns: ABC

The TRIM(..) part is optional, it's just there as a safeguard which removes
any extraneous* white spaces (not readily visible) which may be present
within the text entered in A1
*especially leading spaces in this example
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Max
Singapore
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xdemechanik
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"Jerry" wrote in message
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I want to Copy the first two or three letters of a cell to another one in
Excel