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I'm using Excel 2003 with all latest updates. When I use the Find & Replace
function, if I click on Find I have three options in Look In -- Formulas, Values, Comments. If I select Replace I only have the Formula option in Look In. Can anyone tell me how to fix this. I need to Find and Replace some values. Thanks Steve |
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Try it and you'll see that values are replaced, too.
vea_ste wrote: I'm using Excel 2003 with all latest updates. When I use the Find & Replace function, if I click on Find I have three options in Look In -- Formulas, Values, Comments. If I select Replace I only have the Formula option in Look In. Can anyone tell me how to fix this. I need to Find and Replace some values. Thanks Steve -- Dave Peterson |
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No it doesn't work that way for me. Everytime I try to replace with the
setting on Formula I get an error message "Formula too long". And I am unable to replace. Thanks. "Dave Peterson" wrote: Try it and you'll see that values are replaced, too. vea_ste wrote: I'm using Excel 2003 with all latest updates. When I use the Find & Replace function, if I click on Find I have three options in Look In -- Formulas, Values, Comments. If I select Replace I only have the Formula option in Look In. Can anyone tell me how to fix this. I need to Find and Replace some values. Thanks Steve -- Dave Peterson |
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That's not a problem caused by formulas or values.
That's a problem with the way excel works with long strings in cells. You can do a small test in a test workbook to see that using formulas works ok when edit|replace (no long strings, though). And you could use a macro that tries to do an edit|Replace and for all the cells that this fails on, the macro can do the work on a cell-by-cell basis: (Saved from a previous post) You can use a macro to do the change: Option Explicit Sub testme01() Dim FoundCell As Range Dim ConstCells As Range Dim BeforeStr As String Dim AfterStr As String BeforeStr = "$$$$$" AfterStr = " " 'or chr(10) 'for alt-enter With ActiveSheet Set ConstCells = Nothing On Error Resume Next Set ConstCells = .Cells.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConstants, _ xlTextValues) On Error GoTo 0 If ConstCells Is Nothing Then MsgBox "Select some cells in the used range" Exit Sub End If With ConstCells 'get as many as we can in one step .Replace what:=BeforeStr, Replacement:=AfterStr, _ lookat:=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByRows Do Set FoundCell = .Cells.Find(what:=BeforeStr, _ after:=.Cells(1), _ LookIn:=xlValues, _ lookat:=xlPart, _ SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _ searchdirection:=xlNext, _ MatchCase:=False) If FoundCell Is Nothing Then 'done, get out! Exit Do End If FoundCell.Value _ = Replace(FoundCell.Value, BeforeStr, AfterStr) Loop End With End With End Sub If you're using xl97, change that Replace() to application.substitute() If you're new to macros, you may want to read David McRitchie's intro at: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm Ps. Try it against a copy of your data--just in case! vea_ste wrote: No it doesn't work that way for me. Everytime I try to replace with the setting on Formula I get an error message "Formula too long". And I am unable to replace. Thanks. "Dave Peterson" wrote: Try it and you'll see that values are replaced, too. vea_ste wrote: I'm using Excel 2003 with all latest updates. When I use the Find & Replace function, if I click on Find I have three options in Look In -- Formulas, Values, Comments. If I select Replace I only have the Formula option in Look In. Can anyone tell me how to fix this. I need to Find and Replace some values. Thanks Steve -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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Thanks Dave, I am new to macros. I will get back after I test.
"Dave Peterson" wrote: That's not a problem caused by formulas or values. That's a problem with the way excel works with long strings in cells. You can do a small test in a test workbook to see that using formulas works ok when edit|replace (no long strings, though). And you could use a macro that tries to do an edit|Replace and for all the cells that this fails on, the macro can do the work on a cell-by-cell basis: (Saved from a previous post) You can use a macro to do the change: Option Explicit Sub testme01() Dim FoundCell As Range Dim ConstCells As Range Dim BeforeStr As String Dim AfterStr As String BeforeStr = "$$$$$" AfterStr = " " 'or chr(10) 'for alt-enter With ActiveSheet Set ConstCells = Nothing On Error Resume Next Set ConstCells = .Cells.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConstants, _ xlTextValues) On Error GoTo 0 If ConstCells Is Nothing Then MsgBox "Select some cells in the used range" Exit Sub End If With ConstCells 'get as many as we can in one step .Replace what:=BeforeStr, Replacement:=AfterStr, _ lookat:=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByRows Do Set FoundCell = .Cells.Find(what:=BeforeStr, _ after:=.Cells(1), _ LookIn:=xlValues, _ lookat:=xlPart, _ SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _ searchdirection:=xlNext, _ MatchCase:=False) If FoundCell Is Nothing Then 'done, get out! Exit Do End If FoundCell.Value _ = Replace(FoundCell.Value, BeforeStr, AfterStr) Loop End With End With End Sub If you're using xl97, change that Replace() to application.substitute() If you're new to macros, you may want to read David McRitchie's intro at: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm Ps. Try it against a copy of your data--just in case! vea_ste wrote: No it doesn't work that way for me. Everytime I try to replace with the setting on Formula I get an error message "Formula too long". And I am unable to replace. Thanks. "Dave Peterson" wrote: Try it and you'll see that values are replaced, too. vea_ste wrote: I'm using Excel 2003 with all latest updates. When I use the Find & Replace function, if I click on Find I have three options in Look In -- Formulas, Values, Comments. If I select Replace I only have the Formula option in Look In. Can anyone tell me how to fix this. I need to Find and Replace some values. Thanks Steve -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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Dave, do I need to edit this macro at all to work in my workbook? I copied
it and when I run it nothing happens. I looked at David McRitchie article and couldn't resolve. Thanks. "vea_ste" wrote: Thanks Dave, I am new to macros. I will get back after I test. "Dave Peterson" wrote: That's not a problem caused by formulas or values. That's a problem with the way excel works with long strings in cells. You can do a small test in a test workbook to see that using formulas works ok when edit|replace (no long strings, though). And you could use a macro that tries to do an edit|Replace and for all the cells that this fails on, the macro can do the work on a cell-by-cell basis: (Saved from a previous post) You can use a macro to do the change: Option Explicit Sub testme01() Dim FoundCell As Range Dim ConstCells As Range Dim BeforeStr As String Dim AfterStr As String BeforeStr = "$$$$$" AfterStr = " " 'or chr(10) 'for alt-enter With ActiveSheet Set ConstCells = Nothing On Error Resume Next Set ConstCells = .Cells.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConstants, _ xlTextValues) On Error GoTo 0 If ConstCells Is Nothing Then MsgBox "Select some cells in the used range" Exit Sub End If With ConstCells 'get as many as we can in one step .Replace what:=BeforeStr, Replacement:=AfterStr, _ lookat:=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByRows Do Set FoundCell = .Cells.Find(what:=BeforeStr, _ after:=.Cells(1), _ LookIn:=xlValues, _ lookat:=xlPart, _ SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _ searchdirection:=xlNext, _ MatchCase:=False) If FoundCell Is Nothing Then 'done, get out! Exit Do End If FoundCell.Value _ = Replace(FoundCell.Value, BeforeStr, AfterStr) Loop End With End With End Sub If you're using xl97, change that Replace() to application.substitute() If you're new to macros, you may want to read David McRitchie's intro at: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm Ps. Try it against a copy of your data--just in case! vea_ste wrote: No it doesn't work that way for me. Everytime I try to replace with the setting on Formula I get an error message "Formula too long". And I am unable to replace. Thanks. "Dave Peterson" wrote: Try it and you'll see that values are replaced, too. vea_ste wrote: I'm using Excel 2003 with all latest updates. When I use the Find & Replace function, if I click on Find I have three options in Look In -- Formulas, Values, Comments. If I select Replace I only have the Formula option in Look In. Can anyone tell me how to fix this. I need to Find and Replace some values. Thanks Steve -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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Yes.
This is the what to change string: BeforeStr = "$$$$$" This is what to change to string: AfterStr = " " 'or chr(10) 'for alt-enter It only works on text values--no formulas. You can change this, but from your original post, I think that's what you want. vea_ste wrote: Dave, do I need to edit this macro at all to work in my workbook? I copied it and when I run it nothing happens. I looked at David McRitchie article and couldn't resolve. Thanks. "vea_ste" wrote: Thanks Dave, I am new to macros. I will get back after I test. "Dave Peterson" wrote: That's not a problem caused by formulas or values. That's a problem with the way excel works with long strings in cells. You can do a small test in a test workbook to see that using formulas works ok when edit|replace (no long strings, though). And you could use a macro that tries to do an edit|Replace and for all the cells that this fails on, the macro can do the work on a cell-by-cell basis: (Saved from a previous post) You can use a macro to do the change: Option Explicit Sub testme01() Dim FoundCell As Range Dim ConstCells As Range Dim BeforeStr As String Dim AfterStr As String BeforeStr = "$$$$$" AfterStr = " " 'or chr(10) 'for alt-enter With ActiveSheet Set ConstCells = Nothing On Error Resume Next Set ConstCells = .Cells.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConstants, _ xlTextValues) On Error GoTo 0 If ConstCells Is Nothing Then MsgBox "Select some cells in the used range" Exit Sub End If With ConstCells 'get as many as we can in one step .Replace what:=BeforeStr, Replacement:=AfterStr, _ lookat:=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByRows Do Set FoundCell = .Cells.Find(what:=BeforeStr, _ after:=.Cells(1), _ LookIn:=xlValues, _ lookat:=xlPart, _ SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _ searchdirection:=xlNext, _ MatchCase:=False) If FoundCell Is Nothing Then 'done, get out! Exit Do End If FoundCell.Value _ = Replace(FoundCell.Value, BeforeStr, AfterStr) Loop End With End With End Sub If you're using xl97, change that Replace() to application.substitute() If you're new to macros, you may want to read David McRitchie's intro at: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm Ps. Try it against a copy of your data--just in case! vea_ste wrote: No it doesn't work that way for me. Everytime I try to replace with the setting on Formula I get an error message "Formula too long". And I am unable to replace. Thanks. "Dave Peterson" wrote: Try it and you'll see that values are replaced, too. vea_ste wrote: I'm using Excel 2003 with all latest updates. When I use the Find & Replace function, if I click on Find I have three options in Look In -- Formulas, Values, Comments. If I select Replace I only have the Formula option in Look In. Can anyone tell me how to fix this. I need to Find and Replace some values. Thanks Steve -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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