Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Double Asterisks Problem

2017-01-18 Thread Bill Q
Perfect. Thank you Paul. On Wednesday, 18 January 2017 12:20:55 UTC-5, Paul Schreiner wrote: > > The "escape" character in Excel filters is a tilde (~) > > so, in your filter, you could look for records that begin with ~*~* > > > *Paul* > - > > > > > > >

Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Double Asterisks Problem

2017-01-18 Thread Paul Schreiner
The "escape" character in Excel filters is a tilde (~) so, in your filter, you could look for records that begin with ~*~*  Paul- “Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you

$$Excel-Macros$$ Double Asterisks Problem

2017-01-18 Thread Bill Q
Hi, I have a large list with part descriptions. We use two asterisks at the beginning of a part number as a special internal message. In Excel I cannot find a way to filter two asterisks together as it is obviously treating it as a wildcard. How can I get around this ? Thanks. -- Are you