Hi Alan,

Sure, I can help you with that. You can use the

Formula:

LEFT 


and

Formula:

FIND 


functions in Excel to extract the text before the colon.

Here's the formula you can use in cell C1:

1. Formula:

   =LEFT(B1,FIND(":",B1)-1) 


This formula will find the position of the colon in cell B1 using the

Formula:

FIND 


function, and then extract the text to the left of the colon using the

Formula:

LEFT 


function.

You can then copy this formula down to the rest of the cells in column C to extract the text before the colon for each corresponding cell in column B.

Let me know if you have any questions or if there's anything else I can help you with.

Best regards,
[Your Name]