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Glenn Glenn is offline
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Default Copying selected contents in one cell to another cell

Try this:

=TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ",REPT(" ",99),
LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ",""))-1),99))


The Needy wrote:
Sorry, I don't think that's it, Per.

Here is how it looks like:

Column A Column B

Smith John D (need only first and middle name)



Thank you!!!!!!!!

"Per Jessen" wrote:

Hi

With data in A1:C1 use this formula:

=A1 & " " & B1

Regards,
Per

"The Needy" <The skrev i meddelelsen
...
I've been given a list of names (first, middle, and last) in one column
and
on another column, I need to put together the first and middle names only
without typing it out and using a function, but I don't know what function
to
use. Please help me!!!!!!!!! I need to know ASAP!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU IN
ADVANCE!!!!!!!!!