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Default How do I find and replace a question mark in Excel?

I have a range of cells with a single question mark ?, Y or N. I can't filter
with the question mark since Excel thinks it's a wild card. I wasn't aware of
this when I set up the spreadsheet. So I would like to replace the question
marks with something else, but this still presents the same problem. How can
I specify that I mean a question mark and not a wild card?

Thanks.
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Ken Wright
 
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use ~? instead and this will tell Excel to look for a ? as a ? and not as a
wildcard.

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I have a range of cells with a single question mark ?, Y or N. I can't
filter
with the question mark since Excel thinks it's a wild card. I wasn't aware
of
this when I set up the spreadsheet. So I would like to replace the
question
marks with something else, but this still presents the same problem. How
can
I specify that I mean a question mark and not a wild card?

Thanks.



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