From: Raffaele Tesi Date: 2008-02-28T21:53:32+09:00 Subject: Re: find whole words in excel the .find method signature has more then one parameter (all optional). Look at this url for some example: http://www.rondebruin.nl/find.htm A snippet: With Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A:A") Set Rng = .Find(What:=FindString, _ After:=.Cells(1), _ LookIn:=xlValues, _ LookAt:=xlWhole, _ SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _ SearchDirection:=xlPrevious, _ MatchCase:=False) -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.