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» Selecting cells that only contain Text in Microsoft Excel
CATEGORY: Excel Text


By selecting cells that only contain text, you can distinguish between cells containing different types of data, which allows you to delete, fill or lock cells by type.
Technique 1

  1. Press F5, or choose Edit, Go To…;
  2. In the Go To dialog box, click Special.
  3. In the Go To Special dialog box, select Constants.
  4. Click OK.


Technique 2 - Conditional
Formatting

  1. Select the data area.
  2. From the Format menu, select Conditional Formatting.
  3. In Condition 1, select Formula Is.
  4. In the Formula Box, enter the formula =Istext(A1).
  5. Click Format..., choose any format from the Format Cells dialog box, and click OK.
  6. Click OK.

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