Mac Excel Search Cell For Text
The quickest way I've found is the following: 1) tab/select the cell, 2) hit backspace to delete the contents of the cell 3) type Cntrl+Z to undo delete When the undo function puts the text back into the cell, all text within that cell is automatically highlighted. Then you can just type Cntrl+C to copy text only. I found that I needed to highlight all text in a cell in order to be able to paste it back inside another excel sheet whose cells already had other text that I had to leave intact. Hope this helps!
To check if a cell contains specific text, you can use the SEARCH function together with the ISNUMBER function. In the generic version, substring is the specific text you are looking for, and text represents text in the cell you are testing.
The great thing about copying the contents of the cell rather than the cell itself is to grab the contents without any formatting (plain text). It really should have a one-step shortcut, but to my knowledge, it doesn't.
Here's my workaround: Select cell in question, hit any character to replace contents of the cell. Then hit ⌘Z to undo and boom, contents selected without any formatting! A one-step shortcut workaround will require more effort, but can be achieved with the following Keyboard Maestro macro. This solution IS an excellent workaround, but I can't get it to work on my Excel 2007. Looks like the 'ctrl+c' action used during the macro recording isn't saved.
Search Excel Cell For Text
(A dummy macro emptying my cell works perfectly, but one copying contents doesn't). Also, I recorded my macros to my 'personal workbook', since I didn't want my macro sepecific to one file, but. I can't even delete them now. Hell, I just would like to select my cell's contents.
Giving up for the moment, my nerves need some rest. – Jan 4 at 10:44.
