What is Get Initials From Names In Excel?

Get Initials From Names In Excel is a useful feature that allows you to extract the initials from a list of names in Excel. This can be handy when you need to quickly reference people by their initials in a spreadsheet.

What are the types of Get Initials From Names In Excel?

There are two main types of getting initials from names in Excel: manual entry or using a formula. Manual entry involves typing in the initials yourself, while using a formula automates the process for larger lists of names.

Manual Entry
Formula Based

How to complete Get Initials From Names In Excel

To get initials from names in Excel, follow these simple steps:

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Select the cell where you want the initials to appear
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Enter the formula or type in the initials manually
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Drag the formula down to apply it to all the names in the list

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To extract the middle name, first, you should find the position of both spaces between the full name, and then apply the MID function to extract the text in middle of the text string.
To combine first and last names, use the CONCATENATE function or the ampersand (&) operator. Important: In Excel 2016, Excel Mobile, and Excel for the web, this function has been replaced with the CONCAT function.
To add certain text or character to the beginning of a cell, here's what you need to do: In the cell where you want to output the result, type the equals sign (=). Type the desired text inside the quotation marks. Type an ampersand symbol (&). Select the cell to which the text shall be added, and press Enter.
Follow these steps to create a formula to reverse first and last names: In cell B1, type a heading - Name FirstLast. Press Enter, and the named table will expand to include column B. In cell B2, type this formula: =MID(A2&" "&A2,FIND(", ",A2)+2,LEN(A2)-1) The formula automatically fills down to the last row in the table.
Syntax MID(text,start_num,num_chars) Text is the text string containing the characters you want to extract. Start_num is the position of the first character you want to extract in text. The first character in text has start_num 1, and so on. Num_chars specifies the number of characters you want MID to return from text.