How To Switch First and Last Name in Excel Column - Swap Last and First Name in Excel

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  • Опубликовано: 16 ноя 2021
  • REVERSE NAMES IN EXCEL // Learn how to create a First Name (space) Last Name column in Excel from a Last Name, (comma) First Name column. You will see how to use text to columns to split the last and first names and then use the & to re-combine the names in the desired format.
    Other ways to describe this include: how to flip the first and last name in cells in Excel, reverse last name first name in excel with comma, and how to create first last name from last first name in Excel.
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  • @JimConnely
    @JimConnely 7 месяцев назад +3

    This is a fantastic video that saved me about 4 hours of work and a ton of error avoided! You ROCK!

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  7 месяцев назад +1

      Awesome! That is great to hear. Thanks for watching!

  • @kyles8056
    @kyles8056 Год назад +2

    You just saved me hours of work! Easy to follow and very helpful. Thank you!!!

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  Год назад

      Awesome! Glad to hear that! Thanks for watching my videos, Kyle!

  • @Vigilant-Citizen
    @Vigilant-Citizen Год назад +1

    Awesome video, Sharon. This helps so much. Especially when exporting data from ADP!

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  Год назад +1

      Great to hear! Let me know if you have any other "data cleaning" issues when exporting your HR/Payroll data from ADP. I'm slways looking for ideas for more videos that folks will find useful. Thanks for watching!

  • @latashasund4774
    @latashasund4774 Год назад +1

    Thank you so much. Saved our team a lot of work!

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  Год назад

      That is great to hear, Latasha! Glad you all found it helpful! Thanks for watching!

  • @Lakewood326
    @Lakewood326 7 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you! You are a fantastic instructor. And I don't say that lightly. You are now my go-to source when I need help with Excel.

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  7 месяцев назад

      That is great to hear! I’m glad you find my videos helpful! Thanks for watching!

  • @tammywong6774
    @tammywong6774 Год назад +1

    This was exactly want I wanted to learn. Thank you Sharon Smith

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  Год назад

      Great to hear, Tammy! Thanks for watching!

  • @jessicarosa2843
    @jessicarosa2843 10 месяцев назад +1

    OMG THIS HAS SAVED SOOOOO MUCH TIME FOR ME!!!! THANK YOU! (yes all caps because I am super excited)

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  10 месяцев назад

      I'm so glad that my video helped you!!! Thanks for watching!

  • @donnaryan3162
    @donnaryan3162 2 года назад

    This is so clear and helpful. Thank you.

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  2 года назад

      Glad you found it helpful!! Thanks for watching my videos!

  • @baselemla2
    @baselemla2 Год назад +1

    Thank you! Very simple and very helpful

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  Год назад

      Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for watching!

  • @JaimeOliveros-xi3io
    @JaimeOliveros-xi3io 7 месяцев назад +1

    Very helpful video. I was wondering about changing the names to values as I ran into this problem before I finished watching the video. Thank you so much!

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  7 месяцев назад

      Glad to hear my video helped you out! Thanks for watching!

  • @lexfeder5525
    @lexfeder5525 2 месяца назад +1

    Awesome! Thanks for the help

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  Месяц назад

      Glad to help! Thanks for watching!

  • @levimccoy4800
    @levimccoy4800 2 месяца назад +1

    This serious just saved me about an hour worth or work! Thank you.

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  2 месяца назад

      So glad to hear you found it helpful and it saved you time! Thanks for watching!

  • @sophbee90
    @sophbee90 2 года назад +2

    This is so helpful!

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  2 года назад +1

      Glad you found it helpful ;-) Thanks for watching!

  • @Teacherman1955
    @Teacherman1955 2 года назад +1

    I viewed this video, even though I had learned how to do this previously, in order to refresh myself. Also after viewing other videos of yours I was curious as to how you would present this topic. My intial impressions were correct, your videos are among the much better ones available! I'm just surprised at the number of likes; I feel the number should be much, much higher! Also, you covered an aspect I didn't know, how to swap from full name with last name first to full name with first name first! Learn something new every day! Thanks for doing such an exemplary job and making such great video tutorials!

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  2 года назад

      Thank you so much! I'm glad you got something new out of this video. I really appreciate your support and I'm glad you found my channel!

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  • @lisanunn6583
    @lisanunn6583 10 месяцев назад

    Thank you for this tutorial!

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  10 месяцев назад

      Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for watching!

  • @Lou-hu2bx
    @Lou-hu2bx 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you - been looking for this fr 20 mins! :)

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  5 месяцев назад

      Glad you found my video! Thanks for watching!

  • @user-xp5of8wi6s
    @user-xp5of8wi6s 5 месяцев назад +1

    Excellent Presentation. For someone who has no eperience in Excel you made very easy.

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  5 месяцев назад

      I'm so glad to hear that! I hope you are learning a lot from my videos. Thanks for watching!

  • @JHEMCALSE
    @JHEMCALSE Год назад +1

    OMG, Thank you verrryyyy muuucchh. Your video really helped me. Just like Kyle said, You just saved me hours of work, cuz I've been recording scanned attendance of almost 500 students😭

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  Год назад +1

      I’m so glad to hear my video helped save you valuable time! Thanks for talking time to leave a nice comment. I appreciate it!

  • @NicoleScottMyBookFilledLife
    @NicoleScottMyBookFilledLife 9 месяцев назад +1

    a fantastic instructional video, just saved me a ton of grief and frustration!

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  9 месяцев назад

      So glad to hear it! Thanks for watching and for subscribing to my Channel!

  • @thedylanshow1
    @thedylanshow1 Месяц назад +1

    Thanks so much!

  • @soldier_of_love
    @soldier_of_love Год назад +1

    Life saver. Thanks

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  Год назад +1

      I'm happy to help! Thanks so much for watching my videos!

  • @gajendrasingh9486
    @gajendrasingh9486 2 года назад +1

    Informative...very helpful my work

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  2 года назад

      Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for watching!

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    @xxcatsnacksxx2261 Год назад +1

    You just saved my butt at work thank you so much,

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  Год назад

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  • @victoriarahming6347
    @victoriarahming6347 Год назад +1

    excellent saved me soooo much time

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  Год назад

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  • @MohAboAbdo
    @MohAboAbdo 2 года назад +1

    Thank you so much

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  2 года назад +1

      You are very welcome! I appreciate you watching my videos.

  • @fatimatambago5524
    @fatimatambago5524 2 месяца назад +1

    It helps me a lot

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  2 месяца назад

      Glad to help! Thanks for watching!

  • @sophbee90
    @sophbee90 2 года назад +1

    Thank you🙏

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  2 года назад +1

      You are very welcome!! Thanks for watching!

  • @jennifermamattah7720
    @jennifermamattah7720 10 месяцев назад +1

    very helpful

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  10 месяцев назад

      Glad to help! Thanks for watching!

  • @SGamage-uw8pc
    @SGamage-uw8pc Год назад

    Very useful

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  Год назад

      Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for watching!

  • @frezzahajal5633
    @frezzahajal5633 8 месяцев назад +1

    Your video saved me from my perfectionist friend hahaha thank you so much

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  8 месяцев назад

      Haha! Glad to help! Thanks for watching!

  • @rameshmuthukrishnan960
    @rameshmuthukrishnan960 Год назад +1

    Thanks

  • @marjoriesebandal901
    @marjoriesebandal901 2 года назад +1

    Thank You

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  2 года назад

      You are very welcome! Thanks for watching!

  • @matthewbrodowski
    @matthewbrodowski Год назад

    how do you make this a "running" function? you copied and pasted the names, but what if you regularly add names to the list, and want this function to happen as you add the names?

  • @cherilynmixvlogs9354
    @cherilynmixvlogs9354 3 месяца назад +1

    tHANK YOU

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  3 месяца назад

      You are very welcome! Thanks for watching!

  • @u40fit33
    @u40fit33 Год назад +1

    Thank you so much for sharing this. I have a question that I believe many others also have. From a column with the full name of first name 2 or 3 middle names and last name. How could you separate only the first name in one column and the rest of the name in another column? Thanks in advance for your time

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  Год назад

      Hello, assuming your formatting has a space between first and other names in the cell, you can use the Text to Columns feature to extract the first name into a different column/cell.
      1. Select the column that contains the full names and insert a new blank column next to it.
      2. Go to the Data tab in the Excel ribbon.
      3. Click on Text to Columns in the Data Tools group.
      4. In the Convert Text to Columns Wizard, select Delimited and click Next.
      5. Check the box next to Space and uncheck all other boxes. You should see a preview of how the text will be separated in the Data preview section. Click Next.
      6. In the third step of the wizard, you can specify the data format for each column if needed. For this case, you can leave everything as General and click Finish.
      You should now have two new columns: one with the first names and another with the rest of the names.
      Hope this helps! Thanks for watching my videos!

  • @philareal-estate8464
    @philareal-estate8464 10 месяцев назад

    Can I create a first last name column from a last first list no comma column?

  • @Ana-dn6ot
    @Ana-dn6ot Год назад

    Thank you, but how do you insert the coma to separate the first and last name?

  • @user-nx7kj5lw9w
    @user-nx7kj5lw9w 9 месяцев назад

    How do you add the comma after you've switched it over

  • @jd4rebels
    @jd4rebels Год назад +1

    Thank you Sharon for this video. I do have a question, whenever I do this instead of having a single space between the first and last name, it always ends up being around 30 spaces between the names. Anyone know why this is happening and how to correct? Thanks.

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  Год назад

      I'm not sure why that is happening, but if you have a cell formatted with text and too many spaces between first and last name, you can insert a new blank column next to the name column and use the TRIM formula. Click in a cell and type: =TRIM(A2) if A2 were the cell that had the name with too many spaces. TRIM will eliminate all the extra spaces. Hope this helps! Thanks for watching!

    • @jd4rebels
      @jd4rebels Год назад +1

      @@SharonSmith THAT WORKED!!! THANK YOU!!!

  • @syedikramullah1114
    @syedikramullah1114 2 года назад +1

    Nice

  • @summer2214
    @summer2214 6 месяцев назад +1

    What if I have a list that has John & Jane Doe or John Doe & Jane Doe. Is there a way to do that?

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  6 месяцев назад

      Can you clarify what you are trying to do? You can create text manipulation functions in Excel to handle this. Are you trying to update John & Jane Doe to "Doe, John & Jane?" or split them out? Thanks for watching!

  • @eileens.7930
    @eileens.7930 5 месяцев назад

    You need to also check off the space with the comma when selecting your delimiter, otherwise you end up with a space in front of the name, as she did in this example.
    😀

  • @ryannowak1284
    @ryannowak1284 Год назад +1

    Now there is a space in front of the first name. How do I get rid of that?

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  Год назад

      Hi Ryan! Select the column in your spreadsheet that has the space+name. On the Home tab, in the Editing area, drop-down "Find & Select" and select "Replace." This opens the Find & Replace pop-up window where you can select the "Replace" tab, and in the field for "Find what:" place your cursor there and hit one space. Leave the "Replace with:" field blank and then click "Replace All." This will remove that space in the column or cell you selected. Hope this helps! Thanks for watching!

  • @milesapart
    @milesapart Год назад

    good stuff but you noticed there is a single space before the first name

  • @jacklosco7514
    @jacklosco7514 Год назад +1

    very helpful

    • @SharonSmith
      @SharonSmith  Год назад

      Glad you found it helpful, Jack! Thanks for watching!

  • @excellover7172
    @excellover7172 2 года назад +1

    Thanks