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Dear all

I have a column containing people's names and in another column I need to
re-enter their name but only with the first letter of their forename and the
whole of their surname.

For example, in A1 I have Karen Jones. In cell B1, I need to enter kjones
(in lower case preferably).

Is there a formla I can use to do this, or do I have to type them
individually?

Thank you.
louise
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=LOWER(LEFT(A1,1)&LOWER(MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1,1)+1,255)))
should work for one surname, but for example George Walker Bush will appear as: gwalker bush. Do you want this as gwalkerbush?

Hans


"Louise" skrev i en meddelelse ...
Dear all

I have a column containing people's names and in another column I need to
re-enter their name but only with the first letter of their forename and the
whole of their surname.

For example, in A1 I have Karen Jones. In cell B1, I need to enter kjones
(in lower case preferably).

Is there a formla I can use to do this, or do I have to type them
individually?

Thank you.
louise



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Hello
Thanks very much for this, it will save me loads of time!

Yes, I would want it to appear as gwalkerbush...

Louise

"Hans Knudsen" wrote:

=LOWER(LEFT(A1,1)&LOWER(MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1,1)+1,255)))
should work for one surname, but for example George Walker Bush will appear as: gwalker bush. Do you want this as gwalkerbush?

Hans


"Louise" skrev i en meddelelse ...
Dear all

I have a column containing people's names and in another column I need to
re-enter their name but only with the first letter of their forename and the
whole of their surname.

For example, in A1 I have Karen Jones. In cell B1, I need to enter kjones
(in lower case preferably).

Is there a formla I can use to do this, or do I have to type them
individually?

Thank you.
louise




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=SUBSTITUTE(LOWER(LEFT(A2,1)&LOWER(MID(A2,FIND(" ",A2,1)+1,255)))," ","")

Hans



"Louise" skrev i en meddelelse ...
Hello
Thanks very much for this, it will save me loads of time!

Yes, I would want it to appear as gwalkerbush...

Louise

"Hans Knudsen" wrote:

=LOWER(LEFT(A1,1)&LOWER(MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1,1)+1,255)))
should work for one surname, but for example George Walker Bush will appear as: gwalker bush. Do you want this as gwalkerbush?

Hans


"Louise" skrev i en meddelelse ...
Dear all

I have a column containing people's names and in another column I need to
re-enter their name but only with the first letter of their forename and the
whole of their surname.

For example, in A1 I have Karen Jones. In cell B1, I need to enter kjones
(in lower case preferably).

Is there a formla I can use to do this, or do I have to type them
individually?

Thank you.
louise






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