Find and replace text

dazam

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Using Excel 2003.

I want to replace old item names with new ones. Sheet 1(has old names): A2= Dog; A3= Cat, A4 = Bird. Sheet 2 (has new names): A2= Doggy; A3= Cat, A4 = Birdy. I would like to rename everything in Sheet 1 with new name but not all cells would be effected. And this needs to be dynamic because next weeks Sheet 1 might be A2 = Horse; A3= Dog; A4 = Frog.

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Excel Facts

Can Excel fill bagel flavors?
You can teach Excel a new custom list. Type the list in cells, File, Options, Advanced, Edit Custom Lists, Import, OK
You would need to tabulate the relationship between old and new, then use vlookup().

Or simply use Edit, Find & Replace for the individual terms
 
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