Excel Search and Replace Tool

Spreadsheets can hold quite a bit of information and data. Needless to say that it can get quite difficult to identify text strings and values inside Excel files, and it can be a pain to have to replace them in multiple documents too. However, you can always rely on dedicated applications like Excel Search and Replace Tool.

One of the first things you need to know is that the application requires .NET Framework to function, but it’s usually bundled in modern Windows iterations as a default feature. On the other hand, you benefit from what it has to offer without having to install Microsoft Office on your computer.

In terms of file support, you can process both XLS and XLSX documents, but also XLSM. You can add the content of an entire folder, but also manually choose items from different locations. Files are then enlisted in a table, which you can fit with more files or remove some of them.

Multiple rules can be used to make the process more efficient. Most of your effort narrows down to specifying the text string to find, and what to replace it with. The list of rules can be loaded from a CSV file, and you can even save it for future common operations. You can choose to match casing, the entire cell content, and whether to replace in the first sheet or across the entire document.

All rules you add get enlisted, item which can be saved to file. More than this, the application allows you to modify the font and its parameters for both the input and output strings. Note that this works as a filter and it dictates the new style, font, and color of the output string.

Bottom line is that having to replace values and strings inside multiple documents is an operation prone to errors if manually performed. It’s better to rely on Excel Search and Replace Tool, letting you perform this on one or more files at a time and with the possibility to use multiple rules.