Seperate text into two cells

[JeffK]

I have a large phone list excel worksheet with each person's first and last
name in one cell seperated by a space. How can I quickly seperate the name
into two cells (first name and last name) so I can import into a database?
Otherwise, I need to cut and paste the entire list.

 

[Niek Otten]

Data>Text to Columns, choose "delimited" and check the space character as
separator

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Kind Regards,

Niek Otten

Microsoft MVP - Excel

 

[Bob Phillips]

Menu Data>Text To Columns

 

[ElsiePOA]

Make sure there are two empty columns to the right of your name column.
Then use the Data / Text to Columns function with "Space" as th
delimiter.
:cool

 

[Bob Phillips]

only one column is needed, the source cell is used.