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Hi,

I am trying to search for a particualr string in a sheet/set of columns. If
a cell contains the search string, i want only the search string to be
highlighted and not the entire cell. how can i get this done?

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You couldn't do this with a formula or conditional formatting - you
would need a macro.

Pete

On Oct 22, 10:52*am, Raju wrote:
Hi,

I am trying to search for a particualr string in a sheet/set of columns. If
a cell contains the search string, i want only the search string to be
highlighted and not the entire cell. how can i get this done?

Please Advice


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