The find and replace feature in Google Sheets is a fantastic tool to use when dealing with lots of data that constantly needs to be updated. Especially data reflecting a process or status. For example, let\u2019s say I\u2019m managing the order status of the latest product purchases. There will be a constant change between various values, such as the order status, stock levels or even price changes. Using the find and replace feature, I\u2019d be able to locate and change these specific pieces of data from hundreds of rows and change them accordingly. Not only will this reduce the time it takes for me to find specific values, but it will also make the entire data management process more efficient.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s take a look at the find and replace feature in more detail and go through a step-by-step on how to find and replace values in Google Sheets.<\/p>\n
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Why use the find and replace feature in Google Sheets?<\/h2>\n
The Find and Replace feature in Google Sheets has a number of variations that fulfill different objectives when managing your data. Not only can you identify and change values in your spreadsheet as we will demonstrate in this article, but you can also apply extra features which take your searches to the next level.<\/p>\n
Here are some of the additional features of the Find and Replace in Google Sheets:<\/p>\n
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- Choose to filter where you search for your value:<\/b> you can narrow the value search from your entire spreadsheet to a single sheet, or even a specific range.<\/li>\n
- Match case:<\/b> make your searches case sensitive for extra filtering, or even to help identify any grammatical errors.<\/li>\n
- Match entire cell contents:<\/b> ensure your searches are as accurate as possible by opting for this feature.<\/li>\n
- Search using regular expressions:<\/b> search for cells that match a pattern. You can learn more about this more advanced process on the Google Support site.<\/li>\n
- Search within formulas:<\/b> you can also search for specific formulas you have inputted into your spreadsheets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Now that you have a good understanding of what the Find and Replace feature in Google Sheets offers, let\u2019s put it into practice!<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n - Match case:<\/b> make your searches case sensitive for extra filtering, or even to help identify any grammatical errors.<\/li>\n
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\n\nTo trigger this utility, we can simply press the key combination Ctrl + F<\/strong> (Cmd + F<\/strong> on Mac). It will show a small text box on the top right section of the spreadsheet. If we key in the value that we are seeking to find them in the spreadsheet, it highlights all the cells that contain the search text. We can make use of the up and down arrow buttons to move to the next matching occurrence.\n\nExample<\/strong> ![\"Find](\"https:\/\/static.sheetgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/findreplace2.png\")
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\n\nFor the purposes of this example, let us try to replace the value 'Baird' with 'Baird & Co'. So, accordingly, we key in the values in the 'Find' and 'Replace with' fields. We may choose to check the appropriate options to true, depending on the requirements.\n\nWe can use the Find<\/strong> button at the bottom to locate the first matched cell. Clicking the same button subsequently will take us to the next matching cell. The Replace<\/strong> button will come to life if we had the utility locate a matched cell. We can use it to replace the value in that particular cell.\n\nThe Replace all<\/strong> button is used to replace every matching occurrence with the text of our choice. Let's try to find and replace values in Google Sheets worksheet using this button. We will see that spreadsheets application lets us know that it accomplished the task with a message similar to that highlighted in green box as shown in the image below.\n\nExample<\/strong> ![\"Find](\"https:\/\/static.sheetgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/findreplace4.png\")
\n\nWe may use the same pop-up window to replace any other values. Once we are finished, we click on the Done<\/strong> button.","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[39,28],"class_list":["post-5949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-google-sheets-features","tag-connections-t","tag-spreadsheets"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheetgo.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheetgo.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheetgo.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheetgo.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheetgo.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheetgo.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheetgo.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheetgo.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheetgo.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheetgo.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}