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Thumbs up Answer: Find & Replace: find part cell, replace whole cell

Hi Katy,

Yes, there is a way to do a Find & Replace where you can find any cell which contains a certain text string within the cell contents, and replace the WHOLE CELL with another text string. Here's how you can do it:
  1. Select the range of cells that you want to search and replace.
  2. Press Ctrl + H to open the Find and Replace dialog box.
  3. In the "Find what" field, enter the text string that you want to find (in your case,
    Code:
    "01/06/2008*"
    ).
  4. In the "Replace with" field, enter the text string that you want to replace the whole cell with (in your case, "2008-09").
  5. Click on the "Options" button to expand the dialog box.
  6. Check the "Match entire cell contents" box.
  7. Click on the "Replace All" button.

This should replace all cells that start with "01/06/2008" with "2008-09". The asterisk (*) in the "Find what" field is a wildcard character that tells Excel to find any text string that starts with "01/06/2008".
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