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linking spreadsheets and reporting initials

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    linking spreadsheets and reporting initials

    I'm have 2 spreadsheets in the same work book and when text is entered into one I would like it to add the same text to another cell in another sheet. Specifically is there a way to report a person initials from a cell containing their full name?

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    Hi,

    If the full name is in A1,

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

    give a capitalised initial
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    It worked ok but it only reported the first 2 letters of the first name instead of the initials.

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    reporting error?

    I came up with this but how do I get it to not report #value when the cell is blank?

    LEFT('CS Clinical Rev'!C5,1)&MID('CS Clinical Rev'!C5,FIND(" ",'CS Clinical Rev'!C5,1)+1,1)&IF(ISNUMBER(FIND(" ",'CS Clinical Rev'!C5,FIND(" ",'CS Clinical Rev'!C5,1)+1)),MID('CS Clinical Rev'!C5,FIND(" ",'CS Clinical Rev'!C5,FIND(" ",'CS Clinical Rev'!C5,1)+1)+1,1)," ")

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