Change Find Dialog Defaults
How do I change the default settings in the Find dialog box? The default
search is by Rows. I would like to set it to Columns, Look in Formulas, Match Case set to Yes, search in Entire Cell. -- Thank you... Elaine |
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Excel tries to help by remembering the last settings you used--except for the first search in that session. You can use that to your advantage. You could make a dummy workbook and put it in your xlStart folder. Have a macro in that workbook that does a find (and sets all the stuff the way you like). Then closes and gets out of the way. Option Explicit Sub auto_open() Worksheets("sheet1").Cells.Find What:="", After:=ActiveCell, _ LookIn:=xlFormulas, _ LookAt:=xlWhole, SearchOrder:=xlByColumns, _ SearchDirection:=xlNext, MatchCase:=True ThisWorkbook.Close savechanges:=False End Sub The workbook opens, does a find (to fix your settings) and then closes to get out of the way. If you're new to macros, you may want to read David McRitchie's intro at: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm Elaine wrote: How do I change the default settings in the Find dialog box? The default search is by Rows. I would like to set it to Columns, Look in Formulas, Match Case set to Yes, search in Entire Cell. -- Thank you... Elaine -- Dave Peterson |
I will try your solution and thank you for your help.
Elaine "Dave Peterson" wrote: Saved from a previous post: Excel tries to help by remembering the last settings you used--except for the first search in that session. You can use that to your advantage. You could make a dummy workbook and put it in your xlStart folder. Have a macro in that workbook that does a find (and sets all the stuff the way you like). Then closes and gets out of the way. Option Explicit Sub auto_open() Worksheets("sheet1").Cells.Find What:="", After:=ActiveCell, _ LookIn:=xlFormulas, _ LookAt:=xlWhole, SearchOrder:=xlByColumns, _ SearchDirection:=xlNext, MatchCase:=True ThisWorkbook.Close savechanges:=False End Sub The workbook opens, does a find (to fix your settings) and then closes to get out of the way. If you're new to macros, you may want to read David McRitchie's intro at: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm Elaine wrote: How do I change the default settings in the Find dialog box? The default search is by Rows. I would like to set it to Columns, Look in Formulas, Match Case set to Yes, search in Entire Cell. -- Thank you... Elaine -- Dave Peterson |
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