is there a way to deterimine the first two characters in a name for abbrev.

eg. Charlie Brown result =CH
thanks in advance for any help

If the name is in cell A1:

=Left(A1,2) will return the two leftmost characters.

similarly Right (A1,2) will give you the last two characters.

If you want to locate characters in the middle of a name, or any other
string, use =MID

e.g. =MID(A1,2,2) will give you the second and third characters in the
string.


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This in fact did thank you for your time and effort

"CaptainQuattro" wrote:


If the name is in cell A1:

=Left(A1,2) will return the two leftmost characters.

similarly Right (A1,2) will give you the last two characters.

If you want to locate characters in the middle of a name, or any other
string, use =MID

e.g. =MID(A1,2,2) will give you the second and third characters in the
string.


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Hi ckc!

its easy to do. just select cell A1
press Ctrl+H, it will open find and replace window.
in Find what: just press space bar
and leave Replace with: empty. and at last press replace.
where are the spaces...

you can also use a formula to do this
=substitute(A1," ","")


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great. here i have one question for you that i need to remove space
between two words in same cell(A1) eg; K OSTAS CON STAN TINOU result
should be KOSTASCONSTANTINOU. is it possiable thing??

thanks
ckc.


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=SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","")

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great. here i have one question for you that i need to remove space
between two words in same cell(A1) eg; K OSTAS CON STAN TINOU result
should be KOSTASCONSTANTINOU. is it possiable thing??

thanks
ckc.


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Another way if you have lots to do and don't want to use formulas in helper
cells.

Select the range
edit|replace
what: (spacebar)
with: (leave blank)
replace all



ckc_2k wrote:

great. here i have one question for you that i need to remove space
between two words in same cell(A1) eg; K OSTAS CON STAN TINOU result
should be KOSTASCONSTANTINOU. is it possiable thing??

thanks
ckc.

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