I'm trying to take the first name in a column and get a result of the first
letter only in a new column.

Hi
If you have the name in A1 in B1 enter

=Left(A1,1)
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"vssimmons" wrote:

I'm trying to take the first name in a column and get a result of the first
letter only in a new column.

if you want the first letter, try this in B2
=LEFT(A2,1)
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Hope this is helpful

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cheers, francis

Am not a greek but an ordinary user trying to assist another



"vssimmons" wrote:

I'm trying to take the first name in a column and get a result of the first
letter only in a new column.