How do i separate full names appearing in single cells?
We received an excel spread sheet with full names within a single column. We
need to separate into first and last name columns. |
How do i separate full names appearing in single cells?
Select the column
Data|Text to columns delimited by space Watch out for those names with more than two parts! daveylee wrote: We received an excel spread sheet with full names within a single column. We need to separate into first and last name columns. -- Dave Peterson |
How do i separate full names appearing in single cells?
You can also take a look here http://www.cpearson.com/excel/FirstLast.htm -- intruder9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ intruder9's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=30107 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=502673 |
How do i separate full names appearing in single cells?
If your names are First Name Last Name with a space between them then for the first name =LEFT($A$10,FIND(" ",$A$10,1)-1) for the last name. =RIGHT($A$10,FIND(" ",$A$10,1)) Copy down your list. HTH Steve -- SteveG ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SteveG's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...fo&userid=7571 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=502673 |
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