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Level 4: Text and dates Exercise 37 of 68 Pro

Clean up names

An Excel formula exercise from Formuladrill. Solve it with a formula bar on a live sheet in your browser, and it is checked the moment you submit.

The task

The names were typed carelessly. Remove extra spaces and give each word a capital first letter. Fill B2 and B3.

What this exercise teaches

Cleaning text with formulas keeps the original data intact and repeatable.

A hint if you get stuck

TRIM removes extra spaces, PROPER fixes the capitals. Put one inside the other.

Functions used: PROPER, TRIM

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