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  1. 01-31-2007, 09:58 AM #1
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    Unhappy Salutation help

    I am struggling to create a formula to remove an initial from a name field
    ie - change Mr X Smith to Mr Smith
    Can anyone help please ?
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    Hi,

    Try

    =LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1))&" "&RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-FIND(" ",A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1))

    or this link might help

    http://www.cpearson.com/excel/FirstLast.htm

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  3. 01-31-2007, 10:16 AM #3
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    Try using a temporary column B with formula( =count(A1) )where the number of characters is displayed A1 being the name ,
    then in next column use formula =right(A1,b1-1)

    col A col B col C
    X smith =count(A1) =right(a1,b1-1)
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