Change Middle Names to Middle Initials in Excel 2010

In Excel 2010, is there a way to convert "John Walker Smith" to "John W Smith"?
I wish to use a formula instead of VBA code fixes please.
Doug in York PA
Douglas R. Eckert

Let's say that 'John Walker Smith' is in A1.
In B1, enter the formula
=IFERROR(LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1)&RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-FIND(" ",A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1)+1),A1)
This formula can be filled down.
It will work OK if there is a suffix such as Jr or Ph.D. ('John Walker Smith, Ph.D.') or if there is no middle name ('Johnny Walker'), but it will fail if there is a suffix and no middle name: 'James Smith, Jr' will become 'James S Jr'.
Regards, Hans Vogelaar (http://www.eileenslounge.com)

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