Sort by rows containig certain text in ANY column

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HELLO! The table has 40 columns. The word "control" can be part of the text inside any cell in any row or column. I need to sort by rows that contain the word "control" as part of their text in ANY column. Do I have to create a sorting level for each of the 40 columns? Is there a quicker way to do it? KIND REGARDS
 

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Try this, which should return TRUE if 'control' is found within the text anywhere in A1:AN1 (adjust the range to suit). You'll need to paste down this formula in one helper column, then filter the helper column for TRUE.

=ISNUMBER(LOOKUP(9999,SEARCH("control",A1:AN1)))
 
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THANK'S A LOT, it works perfect. It is saving me a lot of time!
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marteloto1 said:
HELLO! The table has 40 columns. The word "control" can be part of the text inside any cell in any row or column. I need to sort by rows that contain the word "control" as part of their text in ANY column. Do I have to create a sorting level for each of the 40 columns? Is there a quicker way to do it? KIND REGARDS
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