Add comma after first word only

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I have an excel list of about 300+ names. Each name is in the same cell written as "LAST NAME FIRST NAME MIDDLE INITIAL" with no commas. (Ex. Doe Jane A). I need a way to insert a comma ONLY after the first word in the cell so it will read "Doe, Jane A". Is there any way to do this without having to do this all manually?

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=REPLACE(A1,FIND(" ",A1),0,",")

copied down in an adjacent column and then copy+paste special> values over the originals.
 
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Hi & welcome to the Board!

Try
Excel Workbook
AB
1Doe Jane ADoe, Jane A
Sheet1
Excel 2003
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B1=REPLACE(A1,FIND(" ",A1),0,",")
 
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Okay now my worksheet looks like this

Excel Workbook
AB
1Doe Jane ADoe, Jane A
Sheet1


Is there any way to now delete column A without messing up my formula for column B? Each time I try to delete column A now, it causes column B to say "REF#".
 
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