Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated January 27, 2025)
This tip applies to Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021
David needs to find and change every occurrence of a specific cell format in a multi-worksheet workbook. For example, he may need to find all cells that are formatted as Currency and change that format to General. He wonders how to accomplish the task.
The easiest way to go about this task is to use Excel's Find and Replace tool to make the change. Follow these steps:
Figure 1. The Replace tab of the Find and Replace dialog box.
Figure 2. The Number tab of the Find Format dialog box.
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2025-01-27 11:02:11
MarkB
Does it only work with Numbers? I tried going to the Fill section, copying from cell, and replacing a cell with both the fill option displayed. All it did was crash Excel.
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