Format a text cell for searching
David,
A possibility is that the numbers have extra characters (blanks) on the end. Try TRIM/CLEAN function on a cell where you know there is a match and see if FIND now works. "DavidM" wrote: I need to search within Excel files for particular numbers. I use the standard Find command for *.xls files containing Text but am having no luck in this working. I think that the numbers were originally entered as Numbers. I have tried to re-format these numbers as Text (they are all in a single column within each file) but unless I actually retype each number individually the search does not recognise it/them. Any ideas gratefully received. (I am actually trying to use the system as a "where used" for some old bills of materials that I am researching) Thank you -- DavidM |
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