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Excel for Office 365 Excel 2019 Excel 2016 Excel 2013 Excel 2010 Excel 2007 Excel Starter 2010 Use the Find and Replace features in Excel to search for something in your workbook, such as a particular number or text string. On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click Find & Select.
Do one of the following:. To find text or numbers, click Find. To find and replace text or numbers, click Replace.
In the Find what box, type the text or numbers you want to search for, or click the arrow in the Find what box, and then click a recent search in the list. You can use wildcard characters, such as an asterisk (.) or a question mark (?), in your search criteria:. Use the asterisk to find any string of characters. For example, s.d finds 'sad' and 'started'. Use the question mark to find any single character. For example, s?t finds 'sat' and 'set'. Tip: You can find asterisks, question marks, and tilde characters in worksheet data by preceding them with a tilde character in the Find what box.
For example, to find data that contain '?' , you would type ? As your search criteria.
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Click Options to further define your search if needed:. To search for data in a worksheet or in an entire workbook, in the Within box, select Sheet or Workbook. To search for data in rows or columns, in the Search box, click By Rows or By Columns.
To search for data with specific details, in the Look in box, click Formulas, Values, or Comments. Note: If the Replace with box is not available, click the Replace tab. If needed, you can cancel a search in progress by pressing ESC. To replace the highlighted occurrence or all occurrences of the found characters, click Replace or Replace All. Tips.
Microsoft Excel saves the formatting options you define. If you search the worksheet for data again and cannot find characters you know to be there, you may need to clear the formatting options from the previous search. In the Find and Replace dialog box, click the Find tab, and then click Options to display the formatting options. Click the arrow next to Format, and then click Clear Find Format. You can also use the and functions to find text or numbers on a worksheet. Need more help? You can always ask an expert in the, get support in the, or suggest a new feature or improvement on.