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Improving five Excel text functions: LEN, MID, SEARCH, FIND, and REPLACE + Compatibility Versions

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JakeArmstrong
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Dec 03, 2024
  Hi, Microsoft 365 Insiders! I'm Jake Armstrong, a Product Manager on the Excel team. I'm thrilled to share some improvements to five of our text functions (LEN, MID, SEARCH, FIND, and REPLACE) th...
Updated Jan 31, 2025
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SergeiBaklan
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Dec 04, 2024

Using of compatibility versions is great idea.

The only, Lean More reference in drop-down doesn't work. 

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MSArmelle
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Dec 04, 2024

SergeiBaklan issue with the link has been resolved. Please give it another try. And here is the direct link: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/compatibility-versions-49f5d3bf-d9a4-47a3-9db8-e776f664cbf9

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    SergeiBaklan
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    Dec 11, 2024

    MSArmelle , now it's another error

    Help right pane works for  other cases. I'm on