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Default Changing text in a cell from last name first to first name first.

in a "helper" column (say B):

in B1:

=MID(A1,FIND(",",A1)+1,255) & " " & LEFT(A1,FIND(",",A1)-1)

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"hellison" wrote:

I am trying to change the data in a column from last name first to first name
first.

Example Doe, John to John Doe

Thanks