Can't find and replace on one column only

in Excel I could find and replace something that where on one column.
In Numbers I can find and replace on all the document, active sheet or formula, but not on the selected column i.e.
Does anyone know any trick for that?
Cheers
Olivke

Hi Olivke,
Welcome to Apple Discussions and the Numbers '09 forum.
Of the three choices, the one that seems most immediately useful in "on the active sheet."
To use that, you'll have to isolate the column (or it's contents) on a separate sheet, and make that the 'active sheet.'
I would recommend making duplicates of your file to use when trying each of these methods.
Start by inserting a new sheet. Then go back to the 'current sheet', select the column, and Copy.
Click on the new sheet to bring it to the front, click on the top body cell (B2) of the empty table that came with that sheet and Paste.
Do Find/Replace, restricting the action to the Current Sheet.
Select the column, Copy, return to the original, Select the column, Paste.
Second method...
Starts the same way, but this time select and delete the table that comes with the New Sheet.
On the original table, click on any cell to make the table active and show the column and row reference tabs.
Use the mouse to grab the reference tab of the column you want to search, and drag it upward until you see it separate from the rest of the table. Continue to drag it until it is completely separated from the table, then drop it on the sheet. In the sidebar, you'll see a new table icon for this one column table. Drag the icon down to a position below the icon for the new sheet you created above.
When you drop the icon, the new sheet will be come the current sheet, and will come to the front with the one column table selected.
Do Find/Replace, restricting the action to the current sheet.
When finished, drag the one column table back to its original sheet, using the icon in the sidebar.
On the original sheet, click on a cell to make the one column table active. Grab the column reference tab and drag the column back to its original position in the original table.
Done.
Regards,
Barry

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