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johnske
01-07-2005, 01:52 AM
There must be a very simple way to do this, a command maybe?...i.e. get someones initials from a name typed in a cell.

e.g.
John Smith => JS
Bill White => BW
Phillip Donaldson => PD etc.

TIA

Jacob Hilderbrand
01-07-2005, 02:12 AM
Try this:


=LEFT(A1) &MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1,1)+1,1)

johnske
01-07-2005, 02:22 AM
Thanx muchly Jacob,

That's heaps simpler than what I'd been looking at... :yes

John

Jacob Hilderbrand
01-07-2005, 03:07 AM
You're Welcome :)

Take Care