Cherie, In the last term of the formula, there needs to be a space between the quotes. Should be SEARCH(A1," ") Jerome > > I copy/pasted the whole thing into notepad...took the wrap out and then > copy/pasted it into excel... > > I am still NOT getting the first name to show up > > in cell A1 I have > > John Smith > > in cell B1 I paste your formula > > after the paste, I hit enter and in cell B1, it reads > > Smith, > > (Smith comma) > > I'm using Excel 2002 and here is a snapshot of what is happening > http://www.cbsites.com/misc/formula.jpg > > C > ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************