How to Set Excel's "Find All" Feature to Search Entire Workbook by Default rather than sheet only ?

[IT Researcher]

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to adjust Excel's "Find All" feature so that it searches the entire workbook by default, rather than only the current sheet. I’ve researched this and found that there are third-party tools and VBA macros that can accomplish this, but I’d prefer not to use them. One of the main reasons I’m avoiding VBA is that my Excel file is shared, and macros aren't compatible with shared workbooks.

I did come across a VBA script that essentially navigates the Excel GUI using keyboard commands to switch from sheet to workbook:
Public Sub SearchWorksheet()
SendKeys ("^f{tab}{tab}w{enter}+{tab}+{tab}")
End Sub
Reference:

https://www.reddit.com/r/excel/comments/fd1g3o/make_searchctrlf_for_the_whole_workbook_instead

While this workaround works but it still involves VBA, So I want to know if there is any setting in Excel itself, or perhaps a registry tweak or ADMX setting, that would allow me to set "Find All" to search the entire workbook automatically? I’d appreciate any suggestions on how to achieve this without relying on external tools or VBA code.

Thank you!

 

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