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Is it possible to search for a keyword in column A in sheet 1 and
return the whole row containing that keyword into sheet 2?
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On sheet 2, formula inputted into column A

=INDEX('Sheet 1'!A:A,MATCH("Keyword",'Sheet 1'!$A$A,0))

Copy across as needed.
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Is it possible to search for a keyword in column A in sheet 1 and
return the whole row containing that keyword into sheet 2?
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Thanks. It keeps giving me an error and I can't figure out how to fix
it. I changed 'Sheet 1' and Keywords to reflect the right labels, but
I dont know what else to do.

On Oct 27, 12:51*pm, Luke M wrote:
On sheet 2, formula inputted into column A

=INDEX('Sheet 1'!A:A,MATCH("Keyword",'Sheet 1'!$A$A,0))

Copy across as needed.
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Is it possible to search for a keyword in column A in sheet 1 and
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Typo

Try this............=INDEX('Sheet 1'!A:A,MATCH("Keyword",'Sheet 1'!$A:$A,0))


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Thanks. It keeps giving me an error and I can't figure out how to fix
it. I changed 'Sheet 1' and Keywords to reflect the right labels, but
I dont know what else to do.

On Oct 27, 12:51*pm, Luke M wrote:
On sheet 2, formula inputted into column A

=INDEX('Sheet 1'!A:A,MATCH("Keyword",'Sheet 1'!$A$A,0))

Copy across as needed.
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Luke M
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Is it possible to search for a keyword in column A in sheet 1 and
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Hi,

You could use advanced filters. You may read up on the same in the Help
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