Try this:

Assume your names are in the range A1:A800.

Enter this formula in B1 and copy down to B800:

=RAND()

Now, select both column A and B and do a sort on column B (either ascending
or descending, it doesn't matter).

Use the first 10 rows of column A for your random picks.

Biff

"DD" wrote in message
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I have an excel spreadsheet with 800+ names. I need to do a random drawing
to select 10 names for a prize. What is the easiest way to do this?