Let's get the basic issues sorted out first, then we can work on the list.

BTW, what would the list be - a Word document, text file, something else? Would you intend to have both the primary and secondary strings in it?

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Paul Edstein
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It could be a Word doc or Excel, whichever is easier. For this macro it's only one search criteria. Another question on this macro is how many lines it will copy. For the other macro only the first search criteria changes. For the second search criteria it's always the same search strings, "NAM", "DOB" or in this files case ".QW ."

A Word document would be easier.

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Paul Edstein
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I'll put in 5 different array separated by '|' and it will only find 1 sometimes 2. However, if I search all 5 by running the macro 5 times and only putting in 1 array at a time it will find all 5.

OK, I figured it out. I have all of my arrays in a doc and I would copy and paste a chunk into the input box. I guess it was also copying something in the back ground that was interfering. If I put them in one pay one with the '|' separating them it works. If we could have it read directly from a Word file it would be much easier and I would really appreciate your help.

Thanks a million.