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Hi

I want to change the following part numbers in column 'A' using Find/Replace.

R2700 should now be R2500
B3200 should now be B3000

When I run it though it changes numbers in other columns which I dont want.

Any suggestions?
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IF you type in R2700 to find there should be no problem changing all
R2700 to R2500 an also this should not change anthing else

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Hi

I want to change the following part numbers in column 'A' using Find/Replace.

R2700 should now be R2500
B3200 should now be B3000

When I run it though it changes numbers in other columns which I dont want.

Any suggestions?
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TIA
Pete
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You should highlight column A first, by clicking on the letter A at
the top of the column. Then when you do CTRL-H (Find & Replace) it
will only operate on the highlighted range.

Hope this helps.

Pete

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Hi

I want to change the following part numbers in column 'A' using Find/Replace.

R2700 should now be R2500
B3200 should now be B3000

When I run it though it changes numbers in other columns which I dont want.

Any suggestions?
--
TIA
Pete
XP SP2, XL 2003



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Pete

Pre-select just column A then EditReplaceOptionsSeach "by columns"

replace what: R2700
replace with: R2500

Replace all.


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Hi

I want to change the following part numbers in column 'A' using Find/Replace.

R2700 should now be R2500
B3200 should now be B3000

When I run it though it changes numbers in other columns which I dont want.

Any suggestions?


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Thank you Gents - very helpful.

Pete


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Pete

Pre-select just column A then EditReplaceOptionsSeach "by columns"

replace what: R2700
replace with: R2500

Replace all.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Tue, 1 May 2007 17:06:01 -0700, Pete wrote:

Hi

I want to change the following part numbers in column 'A' using Find/Replace.

R2700 should now be R2500
B3200 should now be B3000

When I run it though it changes numbers in other columns which I dont want.

Any suggestions?



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