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I have a spreadsheet in which the Name column contains both first and last
name. Is there a way to make this into two columns, one for the first name
and one for the last name, for mail merge purposes without retyping all 400+
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DataText To Columns with a space delimiter

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Bob Phillips

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I have a spreadsheet in which the Name column contains both first and last
name. Is there a way to make this into two columns, one for the first name
and one for the last name, for mail merge purposes without retyping all

400+
names?



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OMG...have I told you lately that I absolutely LOVE you, Bob!!! That was
exactly what i needed!! thanks so much!!!

Liz

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DataText To Columns with a space delimiter

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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"wrosie" wrote in message
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I have a spreadsheet in which the Name column contains both first and last
name. Is there a way to make this into two columns, one for the first name
and one for the last name, for mail merge purposes without retyping all

400+
names?




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