Before trying anything complicated, this might work for you:

1)If there is data to the right of the names column, copy the column to a
new sheet
2)Select the list
3)DataText to columns
Delimited........[Next]
Check Comma, Space, and Treat consecutive delimters as one
Click the [Finish] button.

Does that help?

Ron



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Regards,
Ron


"PeterM" wrote:

I just got a list of customers we need to write about a new store opening.
However, I noticed that the first cell contained the last name of the
customer, then it has a comma, and then it has the first name. How can I
change that to last name in one cell and first name in another.I would of
course buy the program that will do that if there is no way to change that
w/o a special program. O yes yes, how about stripping the duplicates out of
the list, is there a way to do that as well. I'm an old guy, that used
excel for a while, but I can't remember anything anymore,
honestly...........Any help is appreciated............Peter