How do I change name in single cell from last, first to first last

D

Dreamy

In Excel 2003 how do I change a name in single cell that is last, first to a
first last name still in the same cell ?
 
J

Jim Thomlinson

You can't do it directly unless you use a macro. The easiest was is to flip
the names around with a formula and then
copy / paste special -> values
the correct names over top of the original...

The formula could be something like this...

=MID(A1,FIND(",",A1)+2,256)& " " & LEFT(A1,FIND(",",A1)-1)
 
S

Shane Devenshire

Hi,

You can't really do what your asking without VBA. What you can do with a
formula is:

You can enter this in another cell and then copy and paste it over the old
text as values. In this example D1 contains the Last, First name

=MID(D1&" "&D1,FIND(",",D1)+2,LEN(D1)-1)

Copy this, select cell D1 and choose Edit, Paste Special, Values.

If this helps, please click the Yes button

Cheers,
Shane Devenshire
 

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