It depends on how you're using it:

=OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH({"blue","red"},B2)))

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"dangerd" wrote in message
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Hi there,

Is there a way to specify the 'find_text' to be one of a selection of
strings? For instance:

SEARCH("blue" or "red",B2,1)

To look for either the words blue or red/

Thanks