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Search and replace can't find ' at the beginning of a formula I turned into text.

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    Search and replace can't find ' at the beginning of a formula I turned into text.

    Hi,

    To explain, I have over 10,000 linked formulae in a spreadsheet that require a change in the link. What I've done is turned them into text so I can use search and replace. This is an example of what I'm left with. '='p:\Binding Reports\Data Input\2014\[November 2013.xlsx]J BLOGGS'!$AH$71

    I now want to replace '= with = to return it to a formula but I get the message "Microsoft Excel Cannot Find a Match".
    Can anyone help please?

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    Mark

    ps I inherited the spreadsheet.

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    Re: Search and replace can't find ' at the beginning of a formula I turned into text.

    Try press Ctrl+F , click on Replace type in '= and replace with =
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    Re: Search and replace can't find ' at the beginning of a formula I turned into text.

    Hi,

    Stating the obvious I suppose but why do you need to turn them into text in order to change the linked file, which I assume is your intention?

    Why not simply use the Connections...Edit Links...Change Source, and select the new file name to which you want to link?
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