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Thanks Jacob
For some reason that wouldn't work for me -- Martin ©¿©¬ On Mon, 18 May 2009 09:47:20 -0700, Jacob Skaria wrote: 1. Using formulas With the name McAllister Mr & Mrs E. in A1 try the below formulas in B1 and C1. If that does work copy the formula down to the number of rows where you have the names in A1. 2. Text to Columns Select the data range. From menu DataTExt to Columns will display the first few samples in teh data preview area.Next will take you to step 2. By default tab will be ticked. Take off that and check only Space. and Next This will put a line breaker in between the spaces. NextFinish. this will split the data between spaces. Maintain Column A as such For B,C,D and E might have information which needs to be combined. Use a formula in Col F such as In cell F1 =B1&" "&C1&" "&D1&" "&E1 will combine the initials and titles with a space delimiter...Now copy the formula to all rows.. Once done copy paste special values to the next column or to the same column........ |
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