Help Modify Cells with Names

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I have an Excel spreadsheet that is being used for a mailing list. The name field shows names such as: David Smith & Jill Smith. For the mailing I need it to show: David & Jill Smith. Is there a way to write some type of macro that tells the system to deleted the word before the ampersand?

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I don't know how to create a macro to do what you are wanting but I'm sure the experts on this board can help with that. I can help a little using a formula.

In my experience, mailing lists usually are not consistent and sometimes you have to do some sorting and alter your formulas for different types of situations.

In this particular example, it takes the letters from the left up to the first space and adds everything from the & to the right. As I said, you will probably have to tweak this a bit for other unique situations depending upon your data. At least it gives you an idea of what you can do.

Good Luck


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BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; WIDTH: 120pt; BORDER-TOP: #808080 0.5pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 0.5pt solid" align=left><U>Sheet1</U></TD><TD> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><FONT color=#339966 size=1>[HtmlMaker 2.42] </FONT><FONT color=#339966 size=1>To see the formula in the cells just click on the cells hyperlink or click the Name box</FONT><BR><FONT color=red size=1>PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE THIS TABLE IMAGE ON SAME PAGE! 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