using data from 2 cells

[Guest]

Dear all

I have a column containing people's names and in another column I need to
re-enter their name but only with the first letter of their forename and the
whole of their surname.

For example, in A1 I have Karen Jones. In cell B1, I need to enter kjones
(in lower case preferably).

Is there a formla I can use to do this, or do I have to type them
individually?

Thank you.
louise

 

[Hans Knudsen]

=LOWER(LEFT(A1,1)&LOWER(MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1,1)+1,255)))
should work for one surname, but for example George Walker Bush will appear as: gwalker bush. Do you want this as gwalkerbush?

Hans

 

[Guest]

Hello
Thanks very much for this, it will save me loads of time!

Yes, I would want it to appear as gwalkerbush...

Louise

 

[Hans Knudsen]

=SUBSTITUTE(LOWER(LEFT(A2,1)&LOWER(MID(A2,FIND(" ",A2,1)+1,255)))," ","")

Hans