Yes, hacking away.  Mix of first name last and last name first.

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> On Dec 19, 2021, at 1:11 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:
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> If the data isn't normalized, you are in for a lot of manual labor.
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> bp
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> On 12/19/2021 9:55 AM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
>> My main problem is I don’t have consistent key field data.  In one list 
>> names may have a middle initial or a middle initial with a period, it is 
>> totally missing in other lists or sporadically missing.  Ditto addresses.  
>> But I am hacking away at it.  I have something usable now. 
>>  
>> Chuck McCown
>> McCown Technology Corporation
>> 8401 N Commerce Dr
>> Lake Point, Utah 84074
>> 801-250-9503
>> 435-830-4306 cell 
>> www.mccowntech.com
>> www.microtrench-blades.com
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>>  
>> From: Mark - Myakka Technologies
>> Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2021 10:44 AM
>> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Merging Data
>>  
>> Steve,
>> 
>> If KEY fields match between data sets then VLOOKUP is the way to go.  I 
>> think the new XLOOKUP is an enhanced option of VLOOKUP 
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>> Best regards,
>> Mark                            mailto:[email protected]
>> 
>> Myakka Communications
>> www.Myakka.com
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>> Sunday, December 19, 2021, 12:23:28 PM, you wrote:
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>> 
>> That's what you have to do. I remember I just did multiple pages in one 
>> spreadsheet and it was a ton of sort commands and then the merging. I recall 
>> it does it all on the clip board and it's real easy to deselect the data for 
>> merging.
>> 
>> I remember exporting data as csv helped by using notepad++ where I needed 
>> random blank cells added to get it in the right format. I dont remember the 
>> notepad++ plugin I had to use for that.
>> 
>> Excel projects suck. Spend 30 hours learning to master a specific task that 
>> takes 2 minutes to perform and you will not remember how to do 2 years later 
>> when you need to do it again
>> 
>> On Sat, Dec 18, 2021, 11:39 AM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> I would start with a 4th spreadsheet with all the columns you need (names, 
>> addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses). 
>> Then the challenge is the merge.
>> Try something like this: 
>> https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Combine-multiple-excel-files-with-different-structure-columns/td-p/1372702
>> bp
>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>> On 12/18/2021 9:02 AM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> I have at least three files I need to merge.  Spreadsheets.
>> 
>> Say one has names and addresses
>> One has addresses and phone numbers
>> One has phone numbers and email addresses
>> 
>> They are not the same length of file so certain records are missing in all 
>> three files.
>> There is something common to allow one file to be merged into at least one 
>> of the other files.  
>> 
>> I really don’t want to write code to parse and search.  
>> I am hopeful there is some kind of feature in excel that could do this.
>> Or I guess I might be able to fire up a database and make it happen.  
>> 
>> Any suggestions?
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