Selecting Cells That Contain Formulas

To select the cells which contain only formulas, we can use the Go-To option in Microsoft Excel.

Go To Special: - This option is used to quickly re-direct to different cells in Excel.

Shortcut keys: F5 and Ctrl+G

Command button: Go to the Home tab>Select Find & Select >Select Go to Special

Let’s take an example to understand how we can select the cells which contain formulas.

We have a sales report, in which some cells contain formula. We need to select these cells.

To Select the cells which contain formulas, follow the below given steps:-

Go to the Home tab.
Click on Find & Select from the Editing group.
The Find & Select drop down menu will appear.
Click on Formulas from the drop down menu.

All cells containing formulas will get selected.
In the Home tab from the editing group, click on Find & Select and select Go To Special or you can press the shortcut key F5.
When we press the F5 key, the Go-to dialog box will appear.
Click on Special button in the bottom left corner.

The Go-to-Special dialog box will open.
Select the Formulas option.
Click on OK.

All type of formulas will get selected -numbers, text, logical, and errors in your workbook.

By using this method, we can identify that which cells contain the formulas and also highlight them.

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