Comments on: Shortcuts for Formatting Peoples’ Names in Your Excel Spreadsheets https://depictdatastudio.com/shortcuts-for-formatting-peoples-names-in-your-excel-spreadsheets/ Thu, 27 Feb 2025 20:11:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Ann K. Emery https://depictdatastudio.com/shortcuts-for-formatting-peoples-names-in-your-excel-spreadsheets/#comment-91528 Tue, 14 Nov 2023 14:45:18 +0000 http://annkemery.com/?p=6939#comment-91528 In reply to Paul Jamieson.

Yes!

If the firstname and lastname are currently together in one column/cell, then you’ll need to split them apart into separate columns/cells first. You can split them apart with either =split or “text to columns.”

Then, you’ll join them back together as lastname, firstname. You can join contents together with =concatenate (older versions of Excel), =concat (newer versions), or the & shortcut.

Let me know if you’d like details on any of these.

]]> By: Paul Jamieson https://depictdatastudio.com/shortcuts-for-formatting-peoples-names-in-your-excel-spreadsheets/#comment-91480 Mon, 13 Nov 2023 20:24:41 +0000 http://annkemery.com/?p=6939#comment-91480 Could you do a user cell with “Lastname, firstname” to individual cells firstname & lastname? our stupid HR app only exports users name in that format and I need to separate them out .. thx

]]> By: George Mount https://depictdatastudio.com/shortcuts-for-formatting-peoples-names-in-your-excel-spreadsheets/#comment-526 Thu, 19 Nov 2015 22:48:57 +0000 http://annkemery.com/?p=6939#comment-526 Love these functions & still surprised how often they’re needed. Many databases will store names in all caps so this is often the first thing I do when converting my data for spreadsheet use.

]]> By: tmiket https://depictdatastudio.com/shortcuts-for-formatting-peoples-names-in-your-excel-spreadsheets/#comment-525 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 18:41:51 +0000 http://annkemery.com/?p=6939#comment-525 Hi Ann! It’s even easier in Excel 2013 by using the Flash Fill feature. Just type the first couple and let Excel do the rest without needing any formulas. https://miketips.wordpress.com/2015/09/18/why-write-excel-formulas-when-you-can-flash-fill/

]]> By: David May https://depictdatastudio.com/shortcuts-for-formatting-peoples-names-in-your-excel-spreadsheets/#comment-524 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 18:41:21 +0000 http://annkemery.com/?p=6939#comment-524 Great tips, thank you! Another great function for formatting names is CONCATENATE. I use it all the time to merge first and last names into the same field, with a space between them, like so:
=CONCATENATE(firstnamelocation,” “,lastnamelocation)
Since it’s a formula, the column this creates (after you’ve Filled Down) won’t paste well into other sheets or columns, so I often “paste special…” and select “values only” to paste just the names and not the formula.

]]> By: Kathleen Lynch https://depictdatastudio.com/shortcuts-for-formatting-peoples-names-in-your-excel-spreadsheets/#comment-523 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 16:16:32 +0000 http://annkemery.com/?p=6939#comment-523 What a timesaver! THANK YOU!!!

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