Explanation
The PROPER function automatically reformats text so that all words are capitalized. At the same time, it lowercases all other text.
If you also need to strip out extra spaces in the names, you can wrap PROPER in the TRIM function:
=TRIM(PROPER(name)
This will strip any leading and trailing spaces, and convert runs of spaces to a single space.
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Related functions
PROPER Function
The Excel PROPER function capitalizes each word in a given text string. Numbers, punctuation, and spaces are not affected.
TRIM Function
The Excel TRIM function strips extra spaces from text, leaving only a single space between words and no space characters at the start or end of the text.
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