Find and Replace
Is there a way to use the "find and replace" function to find and delete words? I have a spreadsheet that has a column of cells with product descriptions in them. Each description contains the manufacturer's name, which I don't need. I did a find and replace of the of manufacturer name and didn't put anything in the replace with box, but it didn't do anything. Is it possible to find and delete? I could do it with a space, but I would rather not. Thanks -- blakrapter ------------------------------------------------------------------------ blakrapter's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=28926 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=493641 |
Find and Replace
Perhaps you had "Match entire cell contents" checked under
EditReplaceOptions. Uncheck and try again with nothing in the Replace With: box Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:30:37 -0600, blakrapter wrote: Is there a way to use the "find and replace" function to find and delete words? I have a spreadsheet that has a column of cells with product descriptions in them. Each description contains the manufacturer's name, which I don't need. I did a find and replace of the of manufacturer name and didn't put anything in the replace with box, but it didn't do anything. Is it possible to find and delete? I could do it with a space, but I would rather not. Thanks |
Find and Replace
Finding and replacing with nothing works for me.
Maybe you had a range selected other than the range that you intended to perform the operation on. "blakrapter" wrote: Is there a way to use the "find and replace" function to find and delete words? I have a spreadsheet that has a column of cells with product descriptions in them. Each description contains the manufacturer's name, which I don't need. I did a find and replace of the of manufacturer name and didn't put anything in the replace with box, but it didn't do anything. Is it possible to find and delete? I could do it with a space, but I would rather not. Thanks -- blakrapter ------------------------------------------------------------------------ blakrapter's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=28926 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=493641 |
Find and Replace
"blakrapter" wrote: Is there a way to use the "find and replace" function to find and delete words? I have a spreadsheet that has a column of cells with product descriptions in them. Each description contains the manufacturer's name, which I don't need. I did a find and replace of the of manufacturer name and didn't put anything in the replace with box, but it didn't do anything. Is it possible to find and delete? I could do it with a space, but I would rather not. Thanks -- blakrapter ------------------------------------------------------------------------ blakrapter's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=28926 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=493641 |
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