If you are wanting to find formula in Excel, in order perhaps to better understand a spreadsheet, to protect the formula via a password or perform a spreadsheet review, there are a couple of ways of achieving this.
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CTRL & ~ (Show Formulas)
If you are just interested in seeing the formula visually, then the Show Formulas button will do this for you. You can find it in the Formula Auditing Tool bar under the Formulas ribbon
This will allow you to toggle between a view of the results of the formula and a view of the formula themselves as shown below
GOTO Special Tool
The GOTO Special tool is a very useful tool that very few people understand. On the Home ribbon, on the far right is a Find and Select button. In this dropdown there is a GOTO Special button and a bit lower down the Formulas button.
The Formulas button is a shortcut to what you can do with the GOTO Special button. You can use the shortcut but have a look at what the GOTO Special can do. You will be amazed, especially when you realise it has always been in Excel, just not so prominently shown.
Excel Auditing Tool
If you are doing a model review or audit and you need to identify formula to review them then we suggest you use a professional spreadsheet testing and auditing tool. We have provided a free course in Auditing Excel Spreadsheets using ExcelAnalyzer. you can see the reports it runs, including how every formula is listed, on the Running Excel Review page.
It allows you to map a spreadsheet so that you can see where all the formula are as well as the numbers and text. This allows you to find inconsistencies in formula and focuses your attention on the important cells.
Below an example of one of the reports listing all the formula in the spreadsheet.
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