Finding initials from a full name

[HS]

I have a cell that contains someone's full name
"John Doe" I need to know what function or formula I
could create to populate another cell with the person's
initials "JD".

 

[Bob Phillips]

This works in your example, but may not work in all circumstances.

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HTH

Bob Phillips
... looking out across Poole Harbour to the Purbecks
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)

 

[Norman Harker]

Hi HS!

This covers from 1 name up to three names:

=IF(LEN(A14)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A14,"
",""))=0,LEFT(A14,1),IF(LEN(A14)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A14,"
",""))=1,LEFT(A14,1)&MID(A14,FIND("
",A14)+1,1),IF(LEN(A14)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A14,"
",""))=2,LEFT(A14,1)&MID(A14,FIND(" ",A14)+1,1)&MID(RIGHT(A14,FIND("
",A14)-1),FIND(" ",RIGHT(A14,FIND(" ",A14))),1))))

If you only ever have two names:

=LEFT(A14,1)&MID(A14,FIND(" ",A14)+1,1)


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Regards
Norman Harker MVP (Excel)
Sydney, Australia
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