# How to display full name and initial

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-display-full-name-and-initial/66089>\
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**Created:** [September 13, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-display-full-name-and-initial/66089 "2023-09-13T12:24:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kazu\_M](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kazu_m/32/64011_2.png) [@Kazu\_M](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Kazu_M)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-display-full-name-and-initial/66089/1 "2023-09-13T12:24:34Z")

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I want to auto-fill full name and initial by joining 2 columns.  
There are assumptions below:

Display full name in Column C by joining Column B and Column A

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Column A Column B Column C

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John Doe Doe, John

Display initial in Column F by joining Column D’s first letter and Column E’s first letter

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Column D Column E Column F

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John Doe DJ

Please advise what type (Computed?) and an option to use for the above setup.

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**Author:** ![nathanaelb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nathanaelb/32/43079_2.png) [@nathanaelb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nathanaelb)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-display-full-name-and-initial/66089/2 "2023-09-13T13:30:41Z")

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- If your first name and last name are in two different columns, you can create a full name column with a Template column.

- You can then use a Computed → Experimental → Text → Initials column to extract the initials. You can use a separator such as a period or not.

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**Author:** ![Kazu\_M](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kazu_m/32/64011_2.png) [@Kazu\_M](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Kazu_M)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 5:14am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-display-full-name-and-initial/66089/3 "2023-09-14T05:14:12Z")

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Thank you for your resolutions.  
Yes, I can resolve my issue.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 5:15am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-display-full-name-and-initial/66089/4 "2023-09-21T05:15:13Z")

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