Delete first two characters in a cell...

[ChuckF]

I have a spreadsheet which shows the first inital and a space for
everyone in our company. I am trying to cut that down to simply show
the last name. Can anyone help me delete the first two characters
(first initial and the space) from a spreadsheet like this?

A Smith
A Thomas
B Patterson
C Jones

I want to return the following:
Smith
Thomas
Patterson
Jones

 

[Dave Peterson]

And lose the first two characters?

Select that column
Data|Text to columns
Fixed width
draw a line before the last name
choose not to import the first field
and plop the results into the original location.

 

[Bernard Liengme]

Try this: =MID(A1,3,255)
If you then want to delete all the names with initials you should first use
Copy followed by Paste Special (Values) on the cell with this formula.
best wishes

 

[Guest]

=RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-FIND(" ",A1))

ma ma no teeth

 

[Guest]

Select the relevant column, then go to Data-->Text to columns and follow the
instructions. You'll be able to split the A Smith into two separate columns,
A and Smith. Delete the first column with the first initials if needed.

Dave

 

[ChuckF]

Thanks everyone!

Select the relevant column, then go to Data-->Text to columns and follow the
instructions. You'll be able to split the A Smith into two separate columns,
A and Smith. Delete the first column with the first initials if needed.

Dave

 

[Guest]

try something like
=right(A1,len(A1)-2)