Put the following event macro in the worksheet code area:

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
Dim t As Range, r As Range, s As String
Set t = Target
Set r = Range("A1")
If Intersect(t, r) Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
s = r.Value
Cells.Find(What:=s, After:=ActiveCell, LookIn:=xlValues, LookAt:= _
xlWhole, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlNext,
MatchCase:=False _
, SearchFormat:=False).Activate
End Sub

then just typing something in A1 will cause it to be found.

Because it is worksheet code, it is very easy to install and use:

1. right-click the tab name near the bottom of the window
2. select View Code - this brings up a VBE window
3. paste the stuff in and close the VBE window

If you save the workbook, the macro will be saved with it.

To remove the macro:

1. bring up the VBE windows as above
2. clear the code out
3. close the VBE window

To learn more about macros in general, see:

http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm

To learn more about Event Macros (worksheet code), see:

http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/event.htm

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Gary''s Student - gsnu200908


"adam" wrote:

How do I make a cell a search/find cell for the spreadsheet.

I want to avoid having to do ctrl+f and then put it in. I know it seems
small but this has to be done hundreds of times a day and deleting just this
step would be nice. So all data is in column 1. I want Cell A1 to be the
search/find cell for the rest of the spreadsheet. Is there a way to do this
so typing something up in cell A1 would bring up that data in the spreadsheet
as if I were doing ctrl+f?