Tell the find function to look in xlFormulas and the hidden columns should
be searched.

rng = cells.find(what:="ABCD", Lookin:=xlFormulas, Lookat:=xlWhole)

as an example
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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"D" <D@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to have the .find method look in hidden columns of data?
Or
> is my only solution to unhide all columns, perform the find, then rehide
the
> appropriate columns (all in VBA).