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ChuckF

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Sep 5, 2006, 3:13:27 PM9/5/06
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I have a spreadsheet which shows the first inital and a space for
everyone in our company. I am trying to cut that down to simply show
the last name. Can anyone help me delete the first two characters
(first initial and the space) from a spreadsheet like this?

A Smith
A Thomas
B Patterson
C Jones

I want to return the following:
Smith
Thomas
Patterson
Jones

Dave Peterson

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Sep 5, 2006, 3:17:27 PM9/5/06
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And lose the first two characters?

Select that column
Data|Text to columns
Fixed width
draw a line before the last name
choose not to import the first field
and plop the results into the original location.

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Dave Peterson

Bernard Liengme

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Sep 5, 2006, 3:21:41 PM9/5/06
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Try this: =MID(A1,3,255)
If you then want to delete all the names with initials you should first use
Copy followed by Paste Special (Values) on the cell with this formula.
best wishes

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Bernard V Liengme
www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme
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Nobody

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Sep 5, 2006, 3:24:02 PM9/5/06
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=RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-FIND(" ",A1))

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Dave F

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Sep 5, 2006, 3:24:03 PM9/5/06
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Select the relevant column, then go to Data-->Text to columns and follow the
instructions. You'll be able to split the A Smith into two separate columns,
A and Smith. Delete the first column with the first initials if needed.

Dave
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ChuckF

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Sep 5, 2006, 3:35:18 PM9/5/06
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Thanks everyone!

bj

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Sep 5, 2006, 3:46:02 PM9/5/06
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try something like
=right(A1,len(A1)-2)
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