Hi Kelly,

Are you saying that you want to find any cells where *Kelly* is the first or
only word?

If so, use the search criterion:

Kelly*

and select the Match Entire cell option.

Forgive me for not understanding you sooner!

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Regards,
Norman



"Kelly Lim" wrote in message
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yes...i get what you mean by any cells containing "kelly" would appear.
....but i wanted the first name containing "kelly" to be search only.....
so is there a way?
Thanks again....