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List of names in a table

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Jo has attended:
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List of names in a table

Is it possible to order, alphabetaically, names that have been put into on cell by surname or do you have to have two separate cells, eg one for forename and one for surname? (hope that makes sense!)

RE: List of names in a table

Hi Jo

Thank you for your question - and it does make sense :)

You would need to separate first and last names into their own columns. This makes it easy to sort by last name and do things like mail merge. An alternative might be to write some VBA programming code to sort records that have both firstname and lastname in the same cell.

I hope this helps - do let us know if you have any further questions.

Kind regards,
Andrew

Excel tip:

Create a hyperlink navigation sheet

In large files, it is often useful to have a front sheet with hyperlinks to the key databases and summary calculations in your spreadsheet. Hyperlinks can save you and (more importantly) those less familiar with your spreadsheet a great deal of pointless scrolling between and within sheets.



Hyperlinks appear as underlined text and can jump to any cell or range name in your file. You can also use hyperlinks to jump to other files.



To create a hyperlink to a location in the active workbook: (1) Select the cell that contains the text you want to use as the hyperlink and choose Insert|Hyperlink.(2)Click Place in this document.(3)Choose the sheet you want to link to or the range name from the list of "Defined Names".(4)If necessary, type the cell reference in the Type in the cell reference box. (5) Click OK.

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