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    How to edit a list of specific cells?

    If I have to edit a large Excel document and I need to edit several specific cells using the same text, how could I do so? Like say the document has several thousand entries and I need to edit 100 or so random cells from the C column with the same text, what would be the easiest way to do so? I already have the row numbers of all the cells that need editing.

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    Re: How to edit a list of specific cells?

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    Re: How to edit a list of specific cells?

    For a non-macro approach you could make a list of the rows, then add the formula =MATCH(ROW(A1),*List*,0) against your data rows - which would then essentially flag the rows to be changed - then you can just sort your data by the matches.

    Or you could similarly create a list of the cells, column and rows, then use a macro to update the value of those cells.

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    Re: How to edit a list of specific cells?

    find and replace won't work?
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