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I have a column with names such as Ann & Bill Smith, I know that I can select
the column and use the Data/Text to columns with single first /last name but
what if this is the way my names are in the cells?
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Use Data/Text to columns with a delimiter of &

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I have a column with names such as Ann & Bill Smith, I know that I can
select
the column and use the Data/Text to columns with single first /last name
but
what if this is the way my names are in the cells?



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