Seperate First and Last Name into different cells

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I have a column of names with the first name followed by a space and the last
name. I need to put these into 2 different columns, one column the first
name and the other the last name. Could you please help me?
 
Sam, have a look at data, text to columns, post back if you need more help
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Paul B
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Using Excel 2002 & 2003
 
Select the range of names. Data>text to columns> delimited, delimiter is
space. .. finish.
 
Insert a couple of extra columns to the right of the column with the names.

Select the column with the names and do
Data|Text to columns
delimited
by space

and see if that works for you.
 
Menu Data>Text To Columns with space as a delimiter.

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RP
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