Highlight the column, then Edit Replace Find what" son of* Replace with:
leave empty Replace all

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3


"Ian" wrote in message
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On Sat, 9 Apr 2005 11:40:54 -0300, "Bernard Liengme"
wrote:

How about Find & Replace?

No, that won't work because it will only replace part of the cell
contents, i.e. "son of William" would become "William" rather than
blank.