Find exact string using formula (excel)

I'm trying to use FIND statement to find multiple strings in the context of a larger formula. The original formula I'm basing it off of is as follows:
=IF(ISNUMBER(FIND("INC",A1))," ","Y")
Obviously, this yields a Y if it finds whatever text in " ". However, I have many strings for which I'd like to check and they need to be exact; ie when I search INC and inc, I do not want Inc to be counted. So, I tried the following formulas.
=IF(ISNUMBER(FIND(OR("INC",inc"),A1))," ","Y")
=IF(SUM(COUNTIF(A1,"* INC*","* inc*}))," ","Y")
The second one works best, but it also counts "Inc" as a match. Any suggestions?

bk284,
Well you've posted to the wrong forum as this forum is dedicated to questions/issues about customizing and programming Microsoft Project, a planning and scheduling application. However, your question is simple enough that I'll just take a shot at helping.
Try the LOWER function, it converts a text string to lower case so the upper case, lower case issue goes away.
If this answered your question, please mark it as the answer.
In the future, for Excel related questions, use this forum: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/home?category=officedev
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