How do I easily find any cells that are hard coded vs formula? I have 10,000 rows of data and column F is supposed to be a formula based on columns C and D, without clicking into all 10k cells in column F how can I make sure formulas are there and not accidentally hand keyed over?

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just do a ctrl + “~”

you’ll see the cells change to show the formulas if they have it.

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This is super inefficient for checking 10,000 rows of data 😂

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3 ways (on top of my head)

1 - use =ISFORMULA() in the adjacent column, if there is a FALSE (or more), it means that the reference was hardcoded*

2 - go to Find and Select -> go to special -> check for constants (or formulas)*

3 - Go to Formulas in the tab bar, click "Show Formulas" and you can see on the Excel itself the formula (remember to turn it off after)

* 1 and 2 have the limitation of seeing an operation (like 2*3) as a formula instead of a constant

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Re-write the formula and replace for entire column. We often try to find a problem but could instead just apply the solution.

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Go to conditional formatting "use formula" option. Highlight cell if =not(isformula(F2)). Then apply it to your whole range. The cells that are hard-keyed will highlight with the formatting you choose.
F2 was a just a cell example fyi.

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Can then sort by color to bring the non formulas to the top

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If you want the whole column to contain your formula you could just carry it down from the first cell by double clicking on the + symbol when you hover on the bottom right corner of the cell. Or you could copy the first cell in the column and ctrl + shift + down arrow to highlight every populated cell below and paste

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If you want to find and replace hard coding, ctrl F (find), search for $, make sure you select search formulas, replace with nothing.

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Ctl+' or search "formula auditing mode"

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