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I am trying to Find and Replace the combination of two letters, "OM". However, in this column there are also words such as "From" which I don't want to change. How can I match only "OM" while excluding everything else in the cells?
 

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rmr0945 said:
I am trying to Find and Replace the combination of two letters, "OM". However, in this column there are also words such as "From" which I don't want to change. How can I match only "OM" while excluding everything else in the cells?
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When using the "Find and Replace" function, for your search term use " OM " with two spaces in there. This will only match that exact keyword.
 
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