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How do I sepearate first and last name to two cells from one cell?
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WilsonLA, have a look at data, text to columns, post back if you need more
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How do I sepearate first and last name to two cells from one cell?


try to use text to column
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Select your column of names
data|text to columns
delimited, by space

This will work nicely with two names--maybe exactly the way you want with
multiple names.

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How do I sepearate first and last name to two cells from one cell?


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Maybe NOT exactly the way you want with multiple names.

I left out NOT.

Dave Peterson wrote:

Select your column of names
data|text to columns
delimited, by space

This will work nicely with two names--maybe exactly the way you want with
multiple names.

WilsonLA wrote:

How do I sepearate first and last name to two cells from one cell?


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