Excel Basics – Find & Select in Excel: You can use Find & Select in Excel feature to quickly finding specific text and replace it with other text. You can use Excel’s Go To Special feature to quickly select all cells with formulas, comments, conditional formatting, constants, data validation, etc.
Find
To quickly find specific text, execute the following steps.
1. On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click Find & Select.
2. Click Find.
The ‘Find and Replace’ dialog box appears.
3. Type the text you want to find. For example, type Africa.
4. Click ‘Find Next’.
Excel selects the first occurrence.
5. Click ‘Find Next’ to select the second occurrence.
6. To get a list of all the occurrences, click ‘Find All’.
Replace
To quickly find specific text and replace it with other text, execute the following steps.
1. On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click Find & Select.
2. Click Replace.
The ‘Find and Replace’ dialog box appears (with the Replace tab selected).
3. Type the text you want to find (Slovakia) and replace it with (Algeria).
4. Click ‘Find Next’.
Excel selects the first occurrence. No replacement has been made yet.
5. Click ‘Replace’ to make a single replacement.
Note: use ‘Replace All’ to replace all occurrences.
Go To Special
You can use Excel’s Go To Special feature to quickly select all cells with formulas, comments, conditional formatting, constants, data validation, etc. For example, to select all cells with formulas, execute the following steps.
1. Select a single cell.
2. On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click Find & Select.
3. Click Go To Special.
Note: Formulas, Comments, Conditional formatting, Constants and Data Validation are shortcuts. They can also be found under Go To Special.
4. Select Formulas and click OK.
Note: you can search for cells with formulas that return Numbers, Text, Logical (TRUE and FALSE) and Errors. These check boxes are also available if you select Constants.
Excel selects all cells with formulas.
General note: if you select a single cell before you click Find, Replace or Go To Special, Excel searches the entire worksheet. To search a range of cells, first select a range of cells.
Conclusion
The Find & Select feature in Excel allows you to quickly find and select cells that meet specific criteria. You can use the this feature to find cells that contain specific text, formulas, or other data. You can also use the Find & Select feature to find cells that are formatted in a specific way.
To use the this feature, follow these steps:
- Click the Home tab.
- In the Editing group, click Find & Select.
- Click the option you want to use.
The following options are available:
- Find: This option allows you to find cells that contain specific text.
- Select: This option allows you to select cells that meet specific criteria.
- Go To: This option allows you to go to a specific cell in the worksheet.
- Go To Special: This option allows you to select cells that meet specific criteria, such as cells that contain formulas, notes, or conditional formatting.
Once you have selected an option, you will be prompted to enter the criteria you want to use. For example, if you are using the Find option, you will be prompted to enter the text you want to find.
After you have entered the criteria, click Find Next or Find All. Find Next will find the next cell that meets the criteria you entered. Find All will find all cells that meet the criteria you entered.
You can also use the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+F and Ctrl+G to open the Find and Go To dialog boxes, respectively.
This feature is a powerful tool that can help you quickly find and select cells that meet specific criteria. By using the this feature, you can save time and improve the accuracy of your work.
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