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I have a workbook with 92 tabs containing data and text. i would like to add
a search box to my index tab. This search box would allow a user to type in
what they wanted to find without having to search so many tabs for a given
name.

Example: If the name "jones" was on several sheets in the workbook I would
like to be able to type in the word "jones" in the search box located on the
index sheet and have the search return all "jones" entries.

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Excel already has that feature.

You can search across the entire workbook.

Under EditFindOptionsWithin you can select "workbook".


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On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:49:24 -0800, Adding a search box to a spreadsheet
<Adding a search box to a spreadsheet @discussions.microsoft.com wrote:

I have a workbook with 92 tabs containing data and text. i would like to add
a search box to my index tab. This search box would allow a user to type in
what they wanted to find without having to search so many tabs for a given
name.

Example: If the name "jones" was on several sheets in the workbook I would
like to be able to type in the word "jones" in the search box located on the
index sheet and have the search return all "jones" entries.

Thanks
john


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