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I have a colum with full names ie John but I only want the first initital -
is there anyway to cut and paste or whatever so I only get the first letter
from each name ??
So John becomes J and so on

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=LEFT(B7,1)

Change the B7 to the cell whose contents you wish to truncate.

Copy and paste as required.

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I have a colum with full names ie John but I only want the first initital -
is there anyway to cut and paste or whatever so I only get the first letter
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So John becomes J and so on

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=LEFT(A1) and copy paste special values.



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I have a colum with full names ie John but I only want the first initital -
is there anyway to cut and paste or whatever so I only get the first
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from each name ??
So John becomes J and so on

thanks

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