Working with a data base that has names in a column as follows:
Smith James & Sara or Jones Sam R & Mary J
and I need them to read
James & Sara Smith and/or Sam R & Mary J Jones
can someone tell me the formulas I need to use in order to accomplish this
or where I can find help in Microsoft office to accomplish this.
Thank you in advance for any assistance

This works with your two example (name in A1)
=MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1,255)&" "&LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)
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Working with a data base that has names in a column as follows:
Smith James & Sara or Jones Sam R & Mary J
and I need them to read
James & Sara Smith and/or Sam R & Mary J Jones
can someone tell me the formulas I need to use in order to accomplish this
or where I can find help in Microsoft office to accomplish this.
Thank you in advance for any assistance

Hi,

If the names are in A1:A100, enter the following formula in row 1 of a
helper column (e.g., B1) and auto-fill to the last row.

=MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1,120)&" "&LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)

Regards,
B. R. Ramachandran

"Help Me - I need to switch these names" wrote:

Working with a data base that has names in a column as follows:
Smith James & Sara or Jones Sam R & Mary J
and I need them to read
James & Sara Smith and/or Sam R & Mary J Jones
can someone tell me the formulas I need to use in order to accomplish this
or where I can find help in Microsoft office to accomplish this.
Thank you in advance for any assistance