The data in my worksheets is such that, every time I launch Excel, I
need to change its Search default from "By Rows" to "By Columns".

Is there some Registry or other setting I can tweak to change that
default?

Thanks.

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Excel tries to help by remembering the last settings you used--except for the
first search in that session.

You can use that to your advantage.

You could make a dummy workbook and put it in your xlStart folder. Have a
macro in that workbook that does a find (and sets all the stuff the way you
like). Then closes and gets out of the way.


Option Explicit
Sub auto_open()

'change the settings the way you like
Worksheets("sheet1").Cells.Find What:="", After:=ActiveCell, _
LookIn:=xlFormulas, _
LookAt:=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByColumns, _
SearchDirection:=xlNext, MatchCase:=False

ThisWorkbook.Close savechanges:=False

End Sub

The workbook opens, does a find (to fix your settings) and then closes to get
out of the way.

If you're new to macros, you may want to read David McRitchie's intro at:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm

But if you do an Edit|Find and change anything, then those changed settings will
be remembered.

wrote:

The data in my worksheets is such that, every time I launch Excel, I
need to change its Search default from "By Rows" to "By Columns".

Is there some Registry or other setting I can tweak to change that
default?

Thanks.

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Dave Peterson

Dave:

Thanks very much for your reply. It certainly does work.

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