Microsoft Excel’s Find and Replace feature allows you to search for a particular string of text within functions or cell values. If you’re uncertain of a particular string of text, you can use wildcards. Wildcards are used as place-holders when you can’t specify the exact text in a string. Wildcards are usually used in conjunction with known, partial text to help locate the string within Excel cells.

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