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Setting up Excel to search by columns instead of by rows, by d
Thanks Dave.
It's not ideal that MS does not give the user such customisability, but your
workaround solved my problem.
Regards,
Keith Howard
"Dave Peterson" wrote:
You can't change it permanently.
Saved from a previous post:
Excel tries to help by remembering the last settings you used--except for the
first search in that session.
You can use that to your advantage.
You could make a dummy workbook and put it in your xlStart folder. Have a
macro in that workbook that does a find (and sets all the stuff the way you
like). Then closes and gets out of the way.
Option Explicit
Sub auto_open()
'change the settings the way you like
Worksheets("sheet1").Cells.Find What:="", After:=ActiveCell, _
LookIn:=xlValues, _
LookAt:=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByColumns, _
SearchDirection:=xlNext, MatchCase:=False
ThisWorkbook.Close savechanges:=False
End Sub
The workbook opens, does a find (to fix your settings) and then closes to get
out of the way.
If you're new to macros, you may want to read David McRitchie's intro at:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm
But if you do an Edit|Find and change anything, then those changed settings will
be remembered.
Keith Howard wrote:
Each time I open Excel, I have to configure the Ctrl+F search dialog box to
search by columns instead of by rows. Is there a way to do this permanently,
so that I do not have to set this up each time I load Excel? (By the way, I
would also like to search by Values instead of by Formulas.)
Thanks.
Keith Howard
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Dave Peterson
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