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Find Features

This page illustrates useful find features in Excel. Learn how to perform workbook-wide searches case-sensitive searches find exact cell content and use wildcards.

1. Press CTRL + F to launch the Find and Replace dialog box.

2. Click on Options.

Click Options

3. Type the text you want to find. For example type Ferrari.

Find and Replace Options

4. Select Workbook from the Within drop-down list to find occurrences across all the worksheets.

Find Occurrences in Entire Workbook

5. Checking ‘Match case’ will make your search case-specific. For example it will only find Ferrari and not ferrari.

Match Case

6. Checking ‘Match entire cell contents’ will only find cells which contain exactly “Ferrari”. For example cells that contain “Car Ferrari” “Ferrarii” or even “Ferrari ” will not be found.

Match Entire Cell Contents

7. A question mark (?) matches exactly one character. For example F?rrari will find Ferrari Forrari and Farrari.

Question Mark

8. An asterisk (*) matches a series of zero or more characters. For example F*rrari will find Ferrari Forrari Farrari Foorrari and Faaaaaarrari.

Asterisk

Tip: visit our page about wildcards for more tips and tricks.

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