Ron,

yes I tried to apply the standard functions but cannot solve it myself.

i need to find the string "non approved" in a sentence.

regards.

"Ron Rosenfeld" wrote:

On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:38:01 -0700, jan wrote:

i'm struggling to find a word in a specif text string, any ideas?

thanks

Did you try the FIND or SEARCH worksheet functions?
--ron