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Default Please let Excel sort by string value within the cell/column.

I need to search down a column for like phrases within the cells. MS Excel
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Already supported with existing capabilities.

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I need to search down a column for like phrases within the cells. MS Excel
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If the strings aren't too long, you could apply data|Filter|autofilter to that
column.

Then use a custom filter:
contains and your phrase.

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