Find and Replace Excel 2003

clares

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Hi There

I wonder if there is an answer to my question. I have searched the internet without any joy. I have a workbook with over a 1000 product descriptions and want to replace all abbreviations so thought I would use the find and replace, however, it is affecting my non abbreviated words, so for example if I Find "Blu" and Replace with "Blue" although all my "Blu" are replaced with "Blue" but also my "Blue" are changed to "Bluee".

Is there a way I can just change all those words that are exactly like my find word?

Thanks in advance.

Kind regards

Peter
 

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Round to nearest half hour?
Use =MROUND(A2,"0:30") to round to nearest half hour. Use =CEILING(A2,"0:30") to round to next half hour.
Add a space before and after the strings you are searching through ie " "&A1&" ". This is to insure that all "words" are preceded and followed by a space. Then instead of searching for blu, search for space blu space. After all replacements, remove the spaces at the front and end.
 
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