Separating a name into first name and last name columns
 

I have a series of full names in single cells that are formatted the
following way:
<Last Name,<Space<First Name - thus it looks like the following:
ADAMS, ROSEMARY

I would like to separate this into two columns and eliminate the comma. I
appreciate any help. I am working in Microsoft Excel 2000 and need answers
in Excel, not in Visual Basic.

Thank you,
THEFALLGUY

Data-Text To Columns-Choose "Delimited", hit next, and select "Comma"

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Regards,
Dave


"THEFALLGUY" wrote:

I have a series of full names in single cells that are formatted the
following way:
<Last Name,<Space<First Name - thus it looks like the following:
ADAMS, ROSEMARY

I would like to separate this into two columns and eliminate the comma. I
appreciate any help. I am working in Microsoft Excel 2000 and need answers
in Excel, not in Visual Basic.

Thank you,
THEFALLGUY

Or you could use these formulas (assuming the name is in cell A1):

B1 =LEFT(A1,FIND(",",A1,1)-1)
C1 =RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-FIND(",",A1,1)-1)

"THEFALLGUY" wrote:

I have a series of full names in single cells that are formatted the
following way:
<Last Name,<Space<First Name - thus it looks like the following:
ADAMS, ROSEMARY

I would like to separate this into two columns and eliminate the comma. I
appreciate any help. I am working in Microsoft Excel 2000 and need answers
in Excel, not in Visual Basic.

Thank you,
THEFALLGUY