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Wrote down the wrong name multiple times, any formulas?

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    Wrote down the wrong name multiple times, any formulas?

    Doing data entry;
    I have around 700 lines with random names, blah blah, basically spelt one name wrong a a fair amount of times (Read the writing wrong) is there any formulas you guys could suggest? Would be greatly appreciated.

    Eg The name : Viccy
    What i spelt: Vicky

    Thats just an example, not the actual name for privacy issues of course. Perhaps an IF statement could fix it?

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    Re: Wrote down the wrong name multiple times, any formulas?

    How about just using Find and Replace to change one to the other?
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    Re: Wrote down the wrong name multiple times, any formulas?

    Quote Originally Posted by shg View Post
    How about just using Find and Replace to change one to the other?
    I would really appreciate an example

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    Re: Wrote down the wrong name multiple times, any formulas?

    Press Ctrl+H. In the Find box, enter the misspelled name. In the Replace box, enter the corrected spelling. Press Replace All.

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    Re: Wrote down the wrong name multiple times, any formulas?

    Quote Originally Posted by shg View Post
    Press Ctrl+H. In the Find box, enter the misspelled name. In the Replace box, enter the corrected spelling. Press Replace All.

    Fantastic, thankyou very much!
    Very much appreciated!

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