Select part of a text that exists already in an above cell

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Published on 2010-03-29T07:00:20Z Indexed on 2010/03/29 12:03 UTC
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How do I get Excel to partially auto-complete a word using another that already exist in the same worksheet?

Let's say I have the word "Microsoft" in a cell and in the cell below I want to type the word "Microhard".

When I start typing Microhard, the word Microsoft appears shaded in black.

How can I select the "Micro" part alone from Microsoft and continue to fill out the rest with "hard" without it trying to fill out as Microsoft?

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