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    Find: Using wildcard, but don't replace with wildcard

    I am trying to find a way to replace one portion of a series of formulas. In order to copy the formula throughout the worksheet and to allow cell references to change accordingly, I used the cell dragging technique.

    Now however, I want to wrap the quote (") character around these cell references but I'm having a hard time with it.

    In the Search field of the search and replace dialog, I seem to be able to use a wildcard to locate the correct cell reference I'm after, but if I use a wildcard in the Replace field, it replaces the cell number with the wildcard.

    For instance, using K* in the Search field finds all cell references from K5 through K100 but the replace function (using "K*" as my replace data) makes every reference equal to "K*". I'd like to keep the cell number so I end up with "K5", "K6",..."K99", "K100", etc.

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    Re: Find: Using wildcard, but don't replace with wildcard

    Can you post the formula (or a sample)?

    Why do you want to replace K5 with "K5" - surely the formula won't work then?
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    Re: Find: Using wildcard, but don't replace with wildcard

    The formula I'm using is required to reference a cell name based on text in a cell ($M$2). Copying the formula down without the quotes around the cell reference (K7 in this example) causes Excel to consider it text and not a cell reference and therefore it doesn't change. I need it to change as I copy it down.

    =INDIRECT("'" & $M$2 & "'!" & K7)

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    Re: Find: Using wildcard, but don't replace with wildcard

    Try this version

    =INDIRECT("'" & $M$2 & "'!" &CELL("address",K7))

    using CELL function allows you to copy the formula down so that K7 changes as required.......but still gives you "K7" so that INDIRECT treats it as required

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