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Combine first and last names - Microsoft Excel Tutorial
From the course: Excel Weekly Challenge
Combine first and last names
- [Instructor] Today you and I wanna print some labels, and it would be so helpful if we could get the first and last names together in one column. Get the first and last names together, but also pay attention to the cases. Notice Stephanie Richards. The S is small. Lonnie Minter is all caps. So please pause the video, get the names put together and please do not type 'em. Then come back and I will show you a solution. Okay, you're back. Let's jump in, and I am gonna take advantage of a feature called Flash Fill. I'll go up here to F2 and type Denise Santiago. Enter. Now Paulette Richards. Flash Fill is making a guess for us. Do we want the names put together? Yes, we do, but they're still messed up. Stephanie Richards still has a small S. So let me finish Paulette Richards. I've gotta train Flash Fill a little bit. Let's go to Stephanie Richards. Enter. Next, we wanna respect the capital D in McDonald. So I'm gonna type Keith McDonald, Enter. I'm gonna highlight this range. Now let's…
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Add new participants to teams2m 21s
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Format the cells in a form1m 24s
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Align and adjust text on an order form1m 24s
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Get a count of possible venues2m 1s
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Identify and move attendee data3m 20s
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Combine first and last names2m
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Clean up bizarre formatting2m
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Fill in categories and sort2m 3s
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Add a new list and line it up2m 6s
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Sort addresses by region1m 28s
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Help find our perfect home2m 21s
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Excel in real life: House shopping5m 39s
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