example, in certain column, need to find all records which contain M.D. or MD
or M.D, etc

You could use Conditional Formatting to highlight these cells.

Select your Column
From the Format Menu, choose "Conditional Formatting..."
Change "Cell Value Is" to "Formula Is"
Enter the formula: =FIND("MD",SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",""))
Set your format (red background perhaps?)
Click OK

That should do it.

HTH,
Elkar


"Pam Deshazier, SRHS" wrote:

example, in certain column, need to find all records which contain M.D. or MD
or M.D, etc

try this where your column is col b in sheet2
Sub findmd()
myword = Array("MD", "M.D")
For Each cel In myword
With Worksheets(2).Columns(2)
Set c = .Find(cel, LookIn:=xlValues, lookat:=xlPart)
If Not c Is Nothing Then
firstAddress = c.Address
Do
MsgBox c.Address
Set c = .FindNext(c)
Loop While Not c Is Nothing And c.Address < firstAddress
End If
End With
Next cel
End Sub

--
Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"Pam Deshazier, SRHS" wrote in
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example, in certain column, need to find all records which contain M.D. or
MD
or M.D, etc