Open find with options
The find dialog has an options button but it always opens with the options hidden. I literally always need to click that button to get to the options I need, or even to see which are currently set. Can Excel PLEASE remember that I clicked that button and leave options visible? Preferably between sessions too.
Jan Karel Pieterse
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Hi everyone – I have great news about this request. The options will remain visible now, and Excel will remember so that next time you Find, it will show you the options.
Make sure you update to version 2106 (build 16.0.14131) or later and you should see the difference when you use the Find dialog.
10 comments
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Jan Karel Pieterse
commented
Ehm, I'm not 100% sure, but AFAIK Excel already remembered the Options state during its session?
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Joe
commented
Absolutely agree.
Current options set barely make search window any bigger so why leave it hidden?
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Rehan Farhat
commented
Yes. Need this every time.
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Burçak TÜRKAY
commented
Agreed too. It will be more beneficial to have this feature active.
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Raymond Gota Toudji
commented
yep, the era of hiding things is over!
open source is the way to go nowadays.. so that search options area should be 'open source' too :-) wide open by default, remembering search in values instead of in formulas etc... -
Maarten van Stam
commented
I agree. It even contains just a few options, not that unfolding will blow your screen estate ... so no reason to have the options button to begin with. If you ask me you can get rid of the options button and just show the options at all times. This also gives a clear view of the scope you are searching in, no more guessing what the scope will be.
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Iain Saunders
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I don't see any value in those options being hidden, show by default!
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Anonymous
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Please show the expended box, leave the options visible. I use this feature frequently, and often change options. It is much easier and more convenient for me to have the options visible without having to click a button.
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Wyn Hopkins
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Agreed, just show the expanded box
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Jan Karel Pieterse
commented
Please either:
- Remember I clicked "Options" to make them visible
or
- Get rid of that options button and just show everything (preferred!)