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Adamreead
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Dec 11, 2022
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Excel fills unselected cells, and the formula is duplicating without a reason

I'm trying to fill the cells with the right text but i'm facing this issue. can anybody help me with this, plesse?

 

 

  • Adamreead 

    You have two options.

     

    Option 1:

    • Select cell T3.
    • Enter the formula =IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(C3,"...")),"O.Two.O","")
    • Replace ... with the Arabic (?) text.
    • Fill down.

    Or:

    Option 2:

    • Select T3:T13612, as in the video.
    • Enter the formula =IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(C3:C13612,"...")),"O.Two.O","")
    • Replace ... with the Arabic (?) text.
    • Confirm the formula by pressing Tab or Enter, not by pressing Ctrl+Enter.
  • Adamreead 

    Since C3:C13 is a range of 13 cells, SEARCH("...",C13) also returns a range of 13 cells in Excel in Microsoft 365 and Office 2021.

    What exactly do you want to accomplish?

      • HansVogelaar's avatar
        HansVogelaar
        MVP

        Adamreead 

        You have two options.

         

        Option 1:

        • Select cell T3.
        • Enter the formula =IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(C3,"...")),"O.Two.O","")
        • Replace ... with the Arabic (?) text.
        • Fill down.

        Or:

        Option 2:

        • Select T3:T13612, as in the video.
        • Enter the formula =IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(C3:C13612,"...")),"O.Two.O","")
        • Replace ... with the Arabic (?) text.
        • Confirm the formula by pressing Tab or Enter, not by pressing Ctrl+Enter.
    • Adamreead's avatar
      Adamreead
      Copper Contributor

      HansVogelaar if Excel found the "a word" within C3:C13 write the word O.Two.O in the selected cells in T column. 

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