I have never run into anything like this,
I looked into excels help on programming find and replace functionality,
they offer the following code:
With Worksheets(1).Range("a1:a500")
Set c = .Find(2, lookin:=xlValues)
If Not c Is Nothing Then
firstAddress = c.Address
Do
c.Value = 5
Set c = .FindNext(c)
Loop While Not c Is Nothing And c.Address < firstAddress
End If
End With

I put a couple 2's in column a and ran and everything was fine. Went to work
with thoughts of how to put this to use in my head and when I got home needed
to type up a spreadsheet for work. Now whenever I typed a 2 it changed to a
5, I threw away the old Excel spreadsheet earlier and deleted it. Any clue on
how to stop this would be greatly appreciated.

-John

Sounds like you put the code into a worksheet_change event that fires when
you change a cell that is not restricted. The line
c.Value = 5
is doing exactly what was asked of it. The code example was just that. An
example.

--
Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"John Bundy" wrote in message
...
I have never run into anything like this,
I looked into excels help on programming find and replace functionality,
they offer the following code:
With Worksheets(1).Range("a1:a500")
Set c = .Find(2, lookin:=xlValues)
If Not c Is Nothing Then
firstAddress = c.Address
Do
c.Value = 5
Set c = .FindNext(c)
Loop While Not c Is Nothing And c.Address < firstAddress
End If
End With

I put a couple 2's in column a and ran and everything was fine. Went to
work
with thoughts of how to put this to use in my head and when I got home
needed
to type up a spreadsheet for work. Now whenever I typed a 2 it changed to
a
5, I threw away the old Excel spreadsheet earlier and deleted it. Any clue
on
how to stop this would be greatly appreciated.

-John

Thanks but that workbook is long gone, it is still doing it on all my
workbooks, its even changing it as i type, if i put =2+2 the answer is 10. It
never stopped running once I shut down, deleted and reset my computer. I've
read before that Excel saves some features of how you search but I've got no
clue

"Don Guillett" wrote:

Sounds like you put the code into a worksheet_change event that fires when
you change a cell that is not restricted. The line
c.Value = 5
is doing exactly what was asked of it. The code example was just that. An
example.

--
Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"John Bundy" wrote in message
...
I have never run into anything like this,
I looked into excels help on programming find and replace functionality,
they offer the following code:
With Worksheets(1).Range("a1:a500")
Set c = .Find(2, lookin:=xlValues)
If Not c Is Nothing Then
firstAddress = c.Address
Do
c.Value = 5
Set c = .FindNext(c)
Loop While Not c Is Nothing And c.Address < firstAddress
End If
End With

I put a couple 2's in column a and ran and everything was fine. Went to
work
with thoughts of how to put this to use in my head and when I got home
needed
to type up a spreadsheet for work. Now whenever I typed a 2 it changed to
a
5, I threw away the old Excel spreadsheet earlier and deleted it. Any clue
on
how to stop this would be greatly appreciated.

-John

What you experiencing should not be happening.
Did you somehow create an Application.Event?
Was your code in a class module or in the ThisWorkbook module?

In any case, I would try to stop it by creating and running a sub / function
using the old procedure name and setting c to Nothing and FirstAddress
equal to vbNullString.
--
Jim Cone
San Francisco, USA
http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware


"John Bundy" wrote in message ...
Thanks but that workbook is long gone, it is still doing it on all my
workbooks, its even changing it as i type, if i put =2+2 the answer is 10. It
never stopped running once I shut down, deleted and reset my computer. I've
read before that Excel saves some features of how you search but I've got no
clue

"Don Guillett" wrote:

Sounds like you put the code into a worksheet_change event that fires when
you change a cell that is not restricted. The line
c.Value = 5
is doing exactly what was asked of it. The code example was just that. An
example.

--
Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"John Bundy" wrote in message
...
I have never run into anything like this,
I looked into excels help on programming find and replace functionality,
they offer the following code:
With Worksheets(1).Range("a1:a500")
Set c = .Find(2, lookin:=xlValues)
If Not c Is Nothing Then
firstAddress = c.Address
Do
c.Value = 5
Set c = .FindNext(c)
Loop While Not c Is Nothing And c.Address < firstAddress
End If
End With

I put a couple 2's in column a and ran and everything was fine. Went to
work
with thoughts of how to put this to use in my head and when I got home
needed
to type up a spreadsheet for work. Now whenever I typed a 2 it changed to
a
5, I threw away the old Excel spreadsheet earlier and deleted it. Any clue
on
how to stop this would be greatly appreciated.

-John

Thanks, but no good, any way to repair or re-install?

"Jim Cone" wrote:

What you experiencing should not be happening.
Did you somehow create an Application.Event?
Was your code in a class module or in the ThisWorkbook module?

In any case, I would try to stop it by creating and running a sub / function
using the old procedure name and setting c to Nothing and FirstAddress
equal to vbNullString.
--
Jim Cone
San Francisco, USA
http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware


"John Bundy" wrote in message ...
Thanks but that workbook is long gone, it is still doing it on all my
workbooks, its even changing it as i type, if i put =2+2 the answer is 10. It
never stopped running once I shut down, deleted and reset my computer. I've
read before that Excel saves some features of how you search but I've got no
clue

"Don Guillett" wrote:

Sounds like you put the code into a worksheet_change event that fires when
you change a cell that is not restricted. The line
c.Value = 5
is doing exactly what was asked of it. The code example was just that. An
example.

--
Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"John Bundy" wrote in message
...
I have never run into anything like this,
I looked into excels help on programming find and replace functionality,
they offer the following code:
With Worksheets(1).Range("a1:a500")
Set c = .Find(2, lookin:=xlValues)
If Not c Is Nothing Then
firstAddress = c.Address
Do
c.Value = 5
Set c = .FindNext(c)
Loop While Not c Is Nothing And c.Address < firstAddress
End If
End With

I put a couple 2's in column a and ran and everything was fine. Went to
work
with thoughts of how to put this to use in my head and when I got home
needed
to type up a spreadsheet for work. Now whenever I typed a 2 it changed to
a
5, I threw away the old Excel spreadsheet earlier and deleted it. Any clue
on
how to stop this would be greatly appreciated.

-John

try
toolsauto correct optionsscroll down the list to see if you have a
replace 2 with 5
if so delete

--
Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"John Bundy" wrote in message
...
Thanks, but no good, any way to repair or re-install?

"Jim Cone" wrote:

What you experiencing should not be happening.
Did you somehow create an Application.Event?
Was your code in a class module or in the ThisWorkbook module?

In any case, I would try to stop it by creating and running a sub /
function
using the old procedure name and setting c to Nothing and FirstAddress
equal to vbNullString.
--
Jim Cone
San Francisco, USA
http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware


"John Bundy" wrote in message
...
Thanks but that workbook is long gone, it is still doing it on all my
workbooks, its even changing it as i type, if i put =2+2 the answer is
10. It
never stopped running once I shut down, deleted and reset my computer.
I've
read before that Excel saves some features of how you search but I've got
no
clue

"Don Guillett" wrote:

Sounds like you put the code into a worksheet_change event that fires
when
you change a cell that is not restricted. The line
c.Value = 5
is doing exactly what was asked of it. The code example was just that.
An
example.

--
Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"John Bundy" wrote in message
...
I have never run into anything like this,
I looked into excels help on programming find and replace
functionality,
they offer the following code:
With Worksheets(1).Range("a1:a500")
Set c = .Find(2, lookin:=xlValues)
If Not c Is Nothing Then
firstAddress = c.Address
Do
c.Value = 5
Set c = .FindNext(c)
Loop While Not c Is Nothing And c.Address < firstAddress
End If
End With

I put a couple 2's in column a and ran and everything was fine. Went
to
work
with thoughts of how to put this to use in my head and when I got
home
needed
to type up a spreadsheet for work. Now whenever I typed a 2 it
changed to
a
5, I threw away the old Excel spreadsheet earlier and deleted it. Any
clue
on
how to stop this would be greatly appreciated.

-John