27. Excel Tips - Find and Replace across the whole workbook

This tip shows you how to find and replace across the entire workbook.
You might spend ages looking for things when a simple trick can save lots of time.
Suppose you have a Workbook that looks like this:
Sheet1
Sheet2
You have the name “Mike” on 2 worksheets.
Now suppose you want to replace “Mike” with “Nick” in the entire workbook.
Step1:
Press CTRL + H... then Options... set it up like this:
Step2:
Click “Replace All”
Result:
If you only want to replace on certain worksheets, you can select them first by clicking on “Names1”, holding CTRL, then select “Names2” tab etc... and go to Step1
Training Video on Find and Replace:
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