You can use the InStr function to get the position of a character within a
string, and the Left$, Right$, and Mid$ functions to extract part of a
string. So for example (in the Immediate window) the following expression
returns everything up to but not including the first space ...
? left$("two words", instr("two words"," ")-1)
two
You can use expressions like these in an update query to update multiple
records. However, as John says elsewhere in this post, there are all kinds
of potential exceptions to the rule. A significant amount of manual checking
and error correction is likely to be required. Make a back up first, and
don't be in any hurry to delete the old field.
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