Removing part off the type in a cell

sdspidy

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I have a large spreadsheet of San Diego businesses and their employee totals and a whole group of them start with VVSP which is messing with my sort. Is there a way to remove the VVSP from just those cells without affecting the rest of the data in the cell?

Example:

VVSP Sharp HealthCare
VVSP Sharp Health Plan

to Sharp HealthCare
Sharp Health Plan

Thank you!
 

Excel Facts

What is the shortcut key for Format Selection?
Ctrl+1 (the number one) will open the Format dialog for whatever is selected.
Highlight the whole column, press Ctrl and H.
In the 'Find What' box type VVSP (including the space at the end of VVSP) and leave the 'Replace with' box blank.
Press the 'Replace All' button.

This will remove the VVSP from every cell that contains it.
 
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Try this
Enter in B1 and copy down
Code:
[B]=REPLACE(A1,1,FIND(" ",A1),"")[/B]

Book1
AB
1VVSP Sharp HealthCareSharp HealthCare
2VVSP Sharp Health PlanSharp Health Plan
Sheet3
 
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Try this
Enter in B1 and copy down
Code:
[B]=REPLACE(A1,1,FIND(" ",A1),"")[/B]
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AB
VVSP Sharp HealthCareSharp HealthCare
VVSP Sharp Health PlanSharp Health Plan

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This isn't fit for purpose as it just deletes the first word in every cell. If some cells don't start VVSP then it'll delete the incorrect word.
 
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