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highlight exact match text in cells automatically
Is there a way to highlight (in bold ) the part of the text in a range of cells that is exact match with a text in a specific cell?
e.g. cellA1 text is SUN
and the function to scan all cells which will contain SUN within and make it bold.
e.g. CellB2 text: i love SUNshine
Here is a macro:
Sub MakeTextBold() Dim TextToFind As String Dim Cell As Range Dim CellAddress As String Dim Pos As Long Application.ScreenUpdating = False TextToFind = Range("A1").Value With Cells ' Change MatchCase:=False to MatchCase:=True if the search should be case-sensitive Set Cell = .Find(What:=TextToFind, LookIn:=xlValues, LookAt:=xlPart, MatchCase:=False) If Not Cell Is Nothing Then CellAddress = Cell.Address Do Pos = InStr(1, Cell.Value, TextToFind, vbTextCompare) Do While Pos Cell.Characters(Start:=Pos, Length:=Len(TextToFind)).Font.Bold = True Pos = InStr(Pos + 1, Cell.Value, TextToFind, vbTextCompare) Loop Set Cell = .FindNext(After:=Cell) If Cell Is Nothing Then Exit Do Loop Until Cell.Address = CellAddress End If End With Application.ScreenUpdating = True End Sub
9 Replies
- NikolinoDEGold Contributor
As Mr. Baklan has already informed you, VBA would be the best solution for this.
Should look and send later...if time :).
Until then, here are some alternative approaches using formulas.
Thank you for your understanding and patience
Nikolino
I know I don't know anything (Socrates)
- SociobrightCopper ContributorThanks Nikolino, I really appreciate your help. If you can help with VGA that will be amazing 🙏
- NikolinoDEGold Contributor
Here is another example with VBA.
Press the Text Merge button and everything should appear as you want.
Thank you for your understanding and patience
I would be happy to know if I could help.
Nikolino
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- SergeiBaklanDiamond Contributor
That's with VBA programming. Perhaps someone could help if you consider such option.