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Hi,
I have a list of names comprised like this:
Cook, Mr. M.S.
Marty, Miss M.S.R.
Constant, Mrs. R.G.L.
We only have Mr., Miss and Mrs.

I need to extract these into last name, title and initials:
Col1 Col2 Col3
Cook Mr. M.S.

Thanks for your usual cooperation



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Hi,
use text to columns, fixed with and select where you want the columns to be

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Hi,
I have a list of names comprised like this:
Cook, Mr. M.S.
Marty, Miss M.S.R.
Constant, Mrs. R.G.L.
We only have Mr., Miss and Mrs.

I need to extract these into last name, title and initials:
Col1 Col2 Col3
Cook Mr. M.S.

Thanks for your usual cooperation



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From menu
DataText to Columns'Delimited'SpaceNextFinish

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"Lupe" wrote:

Hi,
I have a list of names comprised like this:
Cook, Mr. M.S.
Marty, Miss M.S.R.
Constant, Mrs. R.G.L.
We only have Mr., Miss and Mrs.

I need to extract these into last name, title and initials:
Col1 Col2 Col3
Cook Mr. M.S.

Thanks for your usual cooperation



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