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I know how to concatinate a first name field with a last name field, but how
do I take a list of names (i.e. JAMES SMITH) and break them apart into a
first name field and a last name field? Thanks for any suggestions.
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LyndieBee wrote:
I know how to concatinate a first name field with a last name field, but how
do I take a list of names (i.e. JAMES SMITH) and break them apart into a
first name field and a last name field? Thanks for any suggestions.


Check out Data|Text to Columns

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Hi
use 'Data - Text to columns'

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I know how to concatinate a first name field with a last name field,

but how
do I take a list of names (i.e. JAMES SMITH) and break them apart

into a
first name field and a last name field? Thanks for any suggestions.


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