Given that you imported data into excel with the First Name and Surnames in separate cells – The Concatenate function can be used to join the cells and have the First Name first, then the Surname. This will obviously automate the process of data entry meaning you can work smarter and effectively.
Applies To: Excel 2003, 2007 and 2010
- The screen shot below will be used for this example
2. Select cell C2 and as below
3. Enter as below
The result will be as displayed below. The first Names and Surnames have been joined into one cell.
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