find all / replace all used in a selected range

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goal:
to replace part of cell contents of a selection

procedure:
1.) selection of the desired range of the worksheet
2.) opening edit \replace ta
3.) filling the fields find and replace
4.) pressig FIND ALL button to check if the cells proposed for change are the desired ones results in a list of cells of the selected range fullfilling the search condition

5.) pressing REPLACE ALL does however now repalce all instances IN THE WHOLE WORKSHEE

I did not now this and lost large amount of work as there was no undo afterwards
PAY ATTENTION
Pressing the function REPLACE ALL does not automaticly restrict to the list what the FIND ALL did list

What do I wrong ?

Thanks for hel
Tom
 
I feel sorry for you, but you should have noted that your selection was
cleared after you pressed Find All button, leaving the whole sheet open for
Replace All operation.

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Good luck,
Engin

Please kindly let me know if this help was helpful.


Tom Turtle said:
goal:
to replace part of cell contents of a selection.

procedure:
1.) selection of the desired range of the worksheet.
2.) opening edit \replace tab
3.) filling the fields find and replace
4.) pressig FIND ALL button to check if the cells proposed for change are
Click to expand...
the desired ones results in a list of cells of the selected range
fullfilling the search condition.
5.) pressing REPLACE ALL does however now repalce all instances IN THE WHOLE WORKSHEET

I did not now this and lost large amount of work as there was no undo afterwards .
PAY ATTENTION:
Pressing the function REPLACE ALL does not automaticly restrict to the
Click to expand...
list what the FIND ALL did list !
 
thanks for your comment Engin

do you find this behaviour (clearing of the selection) logic and useful

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Tom
 
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