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keep first word only
I need a formula that will allow me to only keep the first word in cell that may have two words. Is this possible? Thank you, Andre -- Excel_hel ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Excel_help's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...fo&userid=3643 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread.php?threadid=56674 |
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keep first word only
=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)
-- HTH Bob Phillips (replace somewhere in email address with gmail if mailing direct) "Excel_help" wrote in message ... I need a formula that will allow me to only keep the first word in cells that may have two words. Is this possible? Thank you, Andrew -- Excel_help ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Excel_help's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=36439 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=566748 |
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Thanks, Bob It doesn't seem to work, thoug -- Excel_hel ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Excel_help's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...fo&userid=3643 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread.php?threadid=56674 |
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=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1&" ")-1)
David F Cox "Excel_help" wrote in message ... I need a formula that will allow me to only keep the first word in cells that may have two words. Is this possible? Thank you, Andrew -- Excel_help ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Excel_help's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=36439 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=566748 |
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Thanks, David. How would I alter the formula so that the first letter is als capitalized. Sorry that i did not mention this initially. Andre -- Excel_hel ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Excel_help's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...fo&userid=3643 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread.php?threadid=56674 |
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Try =PROPER(LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1&" ")-1)) -- daddylonglegs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ daddylonglegs's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=30486 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=566748 |
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