Remove first word in a string

Ged Traynor

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Hi All,

I want to remove the first from from a string in Column A

Example

Miss Joan Smith
Mr Tom Colye

What I want to be left with is

Joan Smith
Tom Colye

I came across this formula to remove the last word in a string but can't figure out how to change it to remove the first word

=LEFT(A1,LOOKUP(2^15,FIND(" "," "&A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1)))))-1)

Thanks in Advance
Ged
 

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Can you please explain why this - is used for??

I mean i was trying to translate the formula but i couldn't understand, what is the function of "-" in the formula
 
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Can you please explain why this - is used for??

I mean i was trying to translate the formula but i couldn't understand, what is the function of "-" in the formula

Which formula are you referring to? A quick look at all of them seems to indicate it is used as a minus sign, indicating subtraction, in those formulas contain it.
 
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