Text to Columns is your best bet. BUT, if want formulas

=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1) will extract 1st name
=MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1,256) will extract surname.



--
Regards
Dave Hawley
www.ozgrid.com
"eintpc5146" wrote in message
...
How do you spit one field containing [name, last name] into two fields--
one
with name and the other with last name.