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How to search value in all open Excel workbooks?

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While using Microsoft Excel, you can easily search value or text in active sheet or current workbook with the Find function. But if searching value or text in all open workbooks, how can you do? In this article, we will show you methods of searching value or text in current workbook, and all open workbooks.

Search value or text in current workbook with Find function
Easily search value or text in all open workbooks at the same time with Kutools for Excel

Search value or text in current workbook with Find function

You can search value or text in current workbook with the Find function in Excel. Please do as follows.

1. Click Find & Select > Find to open the Find and Replace dialog box. See screenshot:

Click Find & Select > Find

Note: You can also press the Ctrl + F keys simultaneously to open the Find and Replace dialog box.

2. In the Find and Replace dialog box, type the text you want to search in the Find what box under Find tab, click the Options button to expand the dialog box, and select Workbook in the Within drop-down list, and then click the Find All button. See screenshot:

specify the options in the dialog box

3. Then all search results in current workbook are listed in the below box of dialog box.

all search results are listed

Note: For searching value or text in all open workbook, you need to repeat the above steps in each workbook one by one.

Search value or text in all open workbooks at the same time with Kutools for Excel

Here recommend the Find & Replace in Multiple Workbooks utility of Kutools for Excel. With this feature, you can easily search value in all open workbooks at the same time. Please do as follows.

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1. Click Kutools > Find > Find & Replace in Multiple Workbooks.

click Find & Replace in Multiple Workbooks feature of kutools

2. In the Find and Replace pane, you need to:

specify the options in the pane

A: Stay in the Find tab;

B: Type the value or text you need to search in the Find what box;

C: Select All workbooks in the Within drop-down list, then you can see all open workbooks are selected in the Workbooks list;

D: Click the Find All button to start the searching. Then you can see all searching results among all open workbooks are listed in the below box immediately. See screenshot:

Notes:

1. For case-sensitive searching, please check the Match Case box.
2. For match entire cell searching, please check the Match entire Cell box.
3. Click the search result in the result box will shift to the corresponding cell immediately.
4. Click the remove button button will clear all searching results in the result box.

  If you want to have a free trial (30-day) of this utility, please click to download it, and then go to apply the operation according above steps.

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