Compressing letters in a cell

[JERRY]

I have a seating chart for a group of students. I want to show each first
and last name in a single cell in the following fashion, without changing
the font size or cell length.

Last Name,
First Name

Some names are quite long. Is there a way to compress the letter spacing
(up to a reasonable degree of course) so that the last name stays on top
without separating the last few letters of the first name

Otherwise, here is what is happening

First Nam
e Last Name

Thanks for any help ... I am using office Excel 2007

Jerry

 

[Earl Kiosterud]

Jerry,

One possibility: After typing the first name, press Alt-Enter, then the last name, then
Enter. You can also select and format either part, then format it for a smaller (or
different) font to get it compressed.

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