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    Concatenate question

    I am trying to concatenate 2 columns: column A contains first names and column B contains last names. I know how to concatenate the cells, but how would I go about only concatenating the first 3 letters of a name in column A with all of the letter in column B?

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    Re: Concatenate question

    Try

    =LEFT(A1,3)&B1

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