Enter these words in the cells stated:

D1: notebook
D2: VPN
D3: Laptop

then put this formula in B1:

=IF(OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(D$1,A1)),ISNUMBER(SEARCH(D$ 2,A1)),ISNUMBER
(SEARCH(D$3,A1))),TRUE,FALSE)

and copy down to B8.

Hope this helps.

Pete


On Jan 23, 2:21*pm, wrote:
Hi,
I have the following items in COL_A:

COL_A
-------
Mike B
GX270
Notebook X
LunchRoom
New Printer
John VPN
Spare Laptop
Susan WS

What I'd like to do, is to set COL_B to "TRUE" when COL_A contains:
"notebook" or "VPN" or "Laptop", in a non case-sensitive context.

The result should look like this:

COL_A * * * *COL_B
------- * * *-------
Mike B * * * FALSE
GX270 * * * *FALSE
Notebook X * TRUE
LunchRoom * *FALSE
New Printer *FALSE
John VPN * * TRUE
Spare Laptop TRUE
Susan WS * * FALSE

I've been trying a VLOOKUP() function but it doesn't work as
expected. *The MATCH() funciton works but makes a very complicated
formula and I'll have to add exceptions to my list so, putting
"Laptop", "VPN", "notebook" and so on in a seperate worksheet makes
sense.

Thanks for your suggestions.