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ok no problem 
to be precise and efficient as to your data, could you please post a sample of your data so we can test the VBA and ensure it is working to your request ? 
 
Basically a simple program like this would do: 
 

<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-20-42096573-1">Sub FindAndSelect()
Dim WS As Worksheet
Dim MaxRow As Long
Dim cCell As Range
Dim sFind As String

'---&gt; Disable events
With Application
 .EnableEvents = False
 .ScreenUpdating = False
 .DisplayAlerts = False
End With

'---&gt; Set Variables
Set WS = ActiveSheet
MaxRow = WS.Range(&quot;A&quot; &amp; WS.Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row

'---&gt; Take Input of Search Item
Do
 sFind = InputBox(&quot;Please enter search item in the format ##-###-##-##&quot;, &quot;Search Item&quot;, &quot;11-222-33-44&quot;)
Loop Until sFind = &quot;&quot; Or sFind &lt;&gt; &quot;&quot;

Set cCell = WS.UsedRange.Find(What:=sFind, LookIn:=xlValues, lookat:=xlWhole, MatchCase:=False)
If Not cCell Is Nothing Then
 WS.Range(WS.Cells(2, cCell.Column), WS.Cells(MaxRow, cCell.Column)).Select
Else
 MsgBox &quot;Item &quot; &amp; sFind &amp; &quot; was not found !&quot;, vbInformation, &quot;Search Item&quot;
End If

'---&gt; Disable events
With Application
 .EnableEvents = True
 .ScreenUpdating = True
 .DisplayAlerts = True
End With
End Sub
</code></pre>
 
Please see attached workbook and press on Find. 
let me know your comments. 
gowflow 
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Hi gowflow, 
 
thank you very much for your swift help and your very nice and concise code :-) 
 
This code (which is more than I asked for :-)) will come in handy in other circumstances, since it also takes into account the possibility of more than one column containing such numbers. Very good, gowflow 
 
In my current specific case, the lists I work on only have just one column where these numbers occur. So it would be great if you could tweak the code to accommodate this circumstance, i.e. the inputBox is actually not necessary. 
 
Again, thank you very much for your professsional help. 
 
Regards, Andreas
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Yes but how do you want to look for &nbsp;the value ?? or it is only the value you posted ie 09-004-95-07 ? 
gowflow
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Hi gowflow, I may not understand you fully, but all the numbers in that one column have the same make-up, i.e. 
 
##-###-##-##, such as 09-432-44-33 or 11-243-27-19 or 99-435-99-88 etc. 
 
Does this answer your question? 
 
Regards, Andreas
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Well you say I don't need an inputbox !!! right ? 
and how on earth you will tell the system what number you want to look for !!!! 
 
I am getting worried here !!!! 
 
What is wrong with my solution ??? The system ask you for a number you put it in the Inputbox and then if it find it it will highlight the col if not it will display a message telling you it did not find it !! 
Isn't this what you want ? 
 
*** just a thought !!! you want instead I put a textbox in which you put the number you want and it will do the rest &nbsp;???? 
let me know 
gowflow
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Hi gowflow, 
 
sorry for the misunderstanding, everything is fine with your solutions, I got a couple of things wrong, so you can relax now :-) 
 
Thank you very much for your superb and professional help, especially this text box is really a very nice feature. 
 
Great job, gowflow, I really highly appreciate it 
 
Regards, Andreas
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Your welcome. glad I could help. Please feel free to post a link to any question you may need help with by messaging me. 
gowflow
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Oh, thank you very much, this is good to know ;-)
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Dear Experts: 
 
I would like to perform the following action on the currently active worksheet using a VBA Macro. 
 
Search for the first occurrence of a number with the following make-up (09-004-95-07, ie. ##-###-##-##) 
- lookat: xlWhole 
- SearchOrder:xlbyColumns 
 
If the search termi is found, say in Column B, everything in this column is to be selected from B2 to the Last Filled Cell in Column B (Column B is just an example it could also be Column D or any other column letter). 
 
If no such number ( ##-###-##-##, e.g. 09-004-95-07 ) is found, the macro is to say so via a msgbox and will exit the sub. 
 
Help is very much appreciated. Thank you very much in advance. 
 
Regards, Andreas
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Dear Experts: 

I would like to perform the following action on the currently active worksheet using a VBA Macro. 

Search for the first occurrence of a number with the following make-up (09-004-95-07, ie. ##-###-##-##) 
- lookat: xlWhole
- SearchOrder:xlbyColumns

If the search termi is found, say in Column B, everything in this column is to be selected from B2 to the Last Filled Cell in Column B (Column B is just an example it could also be Column D or any other column letter).

If no such number ( ##-###-##-##, e.g. 09-004-95-07 ) is found, the macro is to say so via a msgbox and will exit the sub. 

Help is very much appreciated. Thank you very much in advance. 

Regards, Andreas

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