Find cell locatiopn by cell value in a worksheet or 2D matrix

[KYTX]

Hi Folks,

I have a large worksheet that has some text and numbers in it. I have a value I am looking for and I need Excel to tell me where this value exists in the worksheet by giving me the absolute coordinates of the cell with the value.

In the attached example I am looking for the value BREAD, and I want Excel to return it's absolute position F10. I included some blah values to show that the area with the data I am interested in varies in the worksheet day after day. I may use the entire worksheet as input or a large enough portion of the worksheet to ensure the desired word BREAD will be in it.

I have been researching the web for a few weeks by now, I apparently lack the brain to get it. I tried using array functions but I could understand only the basics of their use. I have no problem finding the data in a vector and whenever I know a particular vector in my spreadsheet is always the same row or column, I can solve my problems fine. But this last piece requires me to compute the location of the first occurrence of BREAD.

As a bonus I would love to be able to find locations of further occurrences, like I have CHEESE twice. Finding it once will help me find the second CHEESE anyway because I know the second CHEESE goes on the same row 3 columns to the left. But in case this layout changes, I would love to be prepared.

There is no way for me to re-format the incoming worksheet as it is generated by a machine. I would prefer using formulas and or array formulas rather than scripts or macros because other people will be using my work, so I want to set this once and they won't have to change it after me.

Pardon my English, I am not a native speaker.

Hope my question makes sense, and if any of the forum admins can correct the typo in the thread name, I'd appreciate it.