Use the Search and Replace Function in Excel

This guide provides a practical overview of Use the Search and Replace Function, including its main features, benefits, limitations, and important considerations.

You can customize the addition of a comment to a formula or to a data cell in a spreadsheet by following these steps:

1. Find data feature.

Step 1: Open the Find and Replace dialog box in two ways:

Method 1: Press the key combination Ctrl + H.

Method 2: Go to Home tab -> Editing -> Find & Select -> Find:

Step 2: The Find and Replace dialog box appears -> select the Find tab , enter the search content in the Find What section , for example, here is the search for an employee named Lan -> click Find Next to search in turn. The employee named Lan in box 13 is found first, if it is not the employee you want to search -> click Find Next:

- In case the search text is not in the data table -> the message box appears, click OK:

2. Replace data in Excel.

Step 1: Switch to the Replace tab, enter the following content:

- Find What section: Content to be replaced.

- Replace with: Enter the replacement content.

The example here replaces the employee named Lan with Mai.

Step 2: - Click Replace to replace:

- If you want to replace all employees named Lan, click Replace All -> dialog box displays the total number of replacements -> click OK to close the dialog box:

- If the content is not in the data table, the dialog box appears -> click the OK button to close the dialog box:

The above is a detailed guide on how to use the search and replace function in Excel 2013.

Good luck!